History of Buckingham palace and the Parliament. The Palace of Westminster. Лежнин Михаил. Курпита Рувим. МД-357
Originally the Buckingham palace was known as the Bakingem-house and was under construction for the duke Buckingham. It has been got by king George III in 1762 as the future private residence of the monarch. Within the next 75 years architects John Nash and Edward Blor , taking for a basis the Bakingem-house, have constructed three more similar buildings. All together form in the plan a square, in which centre — the big courtyard.
Now the palace includes 600 rooms, occupies territory of 20 hectares, from them of 17 hectares — a garden. The western facade of a palace. In a palace the art meeting of the queen with Rembrandt, Rubens's works settles down, etc. In a collection there is also French Sevres a porcelain, the French and English furniture. The palace has pool, mail, and also own cinema. For two summer months (August and September) the queen leaves the Buckingham palace. These months smart rooms of a palace are opened for visitors.
Palace ballroom in 1856. The palace has been officially declared by the main residence of the British monarchs at the introduction on a throne of queen Victoria in 1837. In its board last big additions, construction of one more wing and transferring of the former main entrance, the Marble arch.
Building cost has reached 700 000 pounds for the account to use of such excesses, as 500 blocks Carrara marble with proveins. By 1853 the most spacious and richly trimmed premise of a palace — a ballroom has been finished.
In the Palace of Westminster, one of the most famous buildings in the world, hosted the British Parliament: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The first palace was built for King Edward. Forty-five years later to William Rufus built Westminster Hall - the most elegant hall in Europe. In the XIII century, Henry the third added a painted house, and during his reign, the first parliament was convened.
Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire in 1834. To restore this architectural masterpiece has created a special commission. Restoration of tasked Charles Barry (17951860) on his project in a magnificent Gothic style with August Pugin who performed the beautiful ornamental work. Chapel of St. Stephen was renamed St. Stephen's Hall. This is a wide corridor with paintings, marble sculptures and lagoon pointer to the place where formerly stood a chair of the Speaker.
Preparatory work was delayed for three years - it took to build a terrace on the banks of the Thames. Only in 1840 began work on the Parliament building itself. Construction of the palace was completed in 1888.
The crypt and Westminster Hall survived, but adjacent to it again, the House of Commons was destroyed during World War II bombings because of the strong German army. A new reconstruction of the head of Jill Scott Dzhlbert. Recovery was difficult and expensive process, as required the highest quality wood. The palace was renovated in 1950.
In general, the building of the attractions of London consists of 1, 200 buildings connected by more than 5 km. corridors. Also in the palace counted 100 stairs and a lot of interesting things, but none of them can compare to the main value of this building. It is this palace belongs to the world-famous tower that everyone knows as Big Ben. There is also a tower called the "Victoria", which simply did not fail to notice at least on the grounds that its height is 98 meters. It is this tower, so to speak, decorated the entrance to the parliament.
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