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Review of Parliament of the United Kingd...

Full of historical load and attraction for million...

Full of historical load and attraction for millions of tourists every year, the Palace of Westminster is included by UNESCO in the World Heritage Sites program, together with the Church of St. Margaret and the Westminster Abbey, with which it borders. Westminster Abbey was built in the 11th century by Edward The Confessor. The building is the site of royal ceremonies, with no less than 38 coronations taking place here. Also here, in 1997, the funeral of Princess Diana took place.

The current Westminster Palace complex is the neo-Gothic style rebuilt between 1837 and 1860, after the devastating fire of 1834 almost completely destroyed the old British Parliament, built by William II at the end of the 11th century.

With an approximately rectangular shape, the Palace of the Parliament covers an area of over 30,000 square meters. It is flanked by two towers about a hundred meters high, Victoria Tower and the famous clock tower, Big Ben.