Презентация "Westminster Palace"

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It lies on the northern bank of the River Thames in the heart of the London borough of the city of Westminster.

King Edward the Confessor built a palace beside the River Thames in the 11th century. His successors made the palace their main residence.

The Palace of Westminster has three towers. The biggest and highest of them are located in the South-Western part of the Palace is the Victoria Tower. In the base of the tower is the Entrance of the Sovereign opening, made in the form of an arch and surrounded by statues. The rest of the tower is the parliamentary archives.

In the Northern part is located the Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben. It placed the Great clock of Westminster, created by Edward John dent. They show the time on four dials, smoked glass; in the dark dials are lit from within. Above the clock there is a bell tower with five bells.

In the middle of the Western facade of the Palace on one of the three entrances to the building is St. Stephen's Tower. At the ends of the facade facing the Thames, is a Tower speaker (in the North end) and the Tower of the Chancellor (in the South).
 

The first room you enter is called the Royal Robing Room. This is where the Monarch puts on a special robe and the Imperial State Crown, which has been brought here from the Tower of London.

The biggest and the oldest part of the building is called Westminster-hall. It was erected in 1097 and occupies the area of 1800 square kilometers. This room has once served a place of the English Supreme Court’s sessions.

The House of commons is located in the Northern part of the Palace of Westminster. Its design is much more modest than the boardroom to the House of lords; here is dominated by green color.

The Lords Chamber is a richly decorated room. Here, as in other areas of lords, dominated by red color. In the southern side of the room is a throne under a canopy. Before the throne is the seat of the Lord speaker. Along the walls there are benches for the peers, to the right of the Lord speaker — the spiritual side, on the left — secular.

Nowadays the Palace of Westminster is a great and beautiful monument to Victorian artifice. This structure is among the world’s most famous buildings .