Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is colloquially known as the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building.
Photo: Francis Dodd (artist), Public domain.- Type: Administrative facility
- Description: meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, located in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Casas del Parlamento”, “Casas del Parlamesnto”, “Casas do Parlamento”, “Chambres du Parlement”, “Điện Westminster”, “Ðiện Westminster”, “Hooses o Pairlament”, “House of Parliament”, “Houses of Parliament”, “Londonski parlament”, “Lontoon parlamenttitalo”, “Palača Westminster”, “Palaco Westminster”, “Palas Westminster”, “Palast von Westminster”, “Parlament u Londonu”, “Parliament”, “Plas San Steffan”, “St. Stephen’s”, “Torre Victoria”, “Torre Victòria”, “Vestminster saroyi”, “Westminster hall”, “Westminster Hall”, “Westminster Palace”, “Westminster slott”, “Westminster-höll”, “Westminster-palasset”, “Westminster-Palast”, “Westminsterhalle”, “Westminsterhöllin”, “Westminsterpaladset”, “Westminsterpalasset”, “Westminsterreko Jauregia”, “Ανάκτορο του Ουεστμίνστερ”, “Вестминстер-Холл”, “Вестминстерский зал”, “Вестмінстэрскі палац”, “Здания Парламента”, “ვესტმინსტერის სასახლე”, “ארמון ווסטמינסטר”, “בניין הפרלמנט הבריטי”, “قصر ويستمنستر”, “ওয়েস্টমিনিস্টার প্রাসাদ”, “ওয়েস্টমিনিস্টারের প্রাসাদ”, “ตึกรัฐสภาเวสต์มินสเตอร์”, “ตึกรัฐสภาแห่งสหราชอาณาจักร”, “국회 의사당”, “국회의사당”, “영국 국회의사당”, “웨스트민스터 궁”, “웨스트민스터 궁전”, “イギリスの国会議事堂”, “ウェストミンスター・ホール”, “ウエストミンスター宮殿”, “ウェストミンスター宮殿、ウェストミンスター大寺院及び聖マーガレット教会”, “威斯敏斯特王宫”, “英国议会大厦”, “英國國會大廈”, “英國國會大樓”, and “西敏寺”
Photo: John Wilson Carmichael, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Leicester Square and Big Ben.
Leicester Square
Big Ben
Westminster Abbey
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westminster and Whitehall.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Palace of Westminster
- Categories: parliament building and government building
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.49955° or 51° 29′ 58″ north
Longitude
-0.12478° or 0° 7′ 29″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9C3XFVXG+R3
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Palace of Westminster” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Paleis van Westminster”
- Arabic: “قصر وستمنستر”
- Aragonese: “Palacio de Westminster”
- Armenian: “Վեստմինստերյան պալատ”
- Asturian: “Palaciu de Westminster”
- Azerbaijani: “Vestminster sarayı”
- Basque: “Westminster jauregia”
- Belarusian: “Вэстмінстэрскі палац”
- Belarusian: “Ўэстмінстэрскі палац”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিনস্টার প্রাসাদ”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টমিন্স্টার প্রাসাদ”
- Breton: “Palez Westminster”
- Bulgarian: “Уестминстърски дворец”
- Burmese: “ဝက်စ်မင်စတာ နန်းတော်”
- Catalan: “Palau de Westminster”
- Central Bikol: “Palasyo nin Westminster”
- Chinese: “威斯敏斯特宫”
- Chinese: “威斯敏斯特宮”
- Croatian: “Westminsterska palača”
- Czech: “Westminsterský palác”
- Danish: “Palace of Westminster”
- Dutch: “Palace of Westminster”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر وستمنستر”
- Esperanto: “Palaco de Westminster”
- Estonian: “Westminsteri palee”
- Finnish: “Westminsterin palatsi”
- French: “palais de Westminster”
- French: “Palais de Westminster”
- Galician: “Palacio de Westminster”
- Georgian: “უესტმინსტერის სასახლე”
- German: “Palace of Westminster”
- German: “Westminsterpalast”
- Greek: “Ανάκτορα του Ουεστμίνστερ”
- Hebrew: “ארמון וסטמינסטר”
- Hindi: “पैलेस ऑफ़ वेस्टमिन्स्टर”
- Hindi: “पैलेस ऑफ़ वेस्ट्मिन्स्टर”
- Hungarian: “Westminster-palota”
- Icelandic: “Westminsterhöll”
- Indonesian: “Istana Westminster”
- Irish: “Pálás Westminster”
- Irish: “Tithe na Parlaiminte”
- Italian: “Palazzo di Westminster”
- Japanese: “ウェストミンスター宮殿”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಮಿನಿಸ್ಟರ್ ಅರಮನೆ”
- Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಮಿನಿಸ್ಟರ್ ಅರಮನೆ”
- Kazakh: “Вестминстер сарайы”
- Korean: “웨스트민스터궁”
- Latvian: “Vestminsteras pils”
- Lithuanian: “Vestminsterio rūmai”
- Macedonian: “Вестминстерска палата”
- Malay: “Istana Westminster”
- Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റ്മിൻസ്റ്റർ കൊട്ടാരം”
- Marathi: “वेस्टमिन्स्टर राजवाडा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Westminster Kiong”
- Mongolian: “Вестминстер ордон (Лондон)”
- Mongolian: “Вестминстер ордон”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palace of Westminster”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palace of Westminster”
- Norwegian: “Palace of Westminster”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Palais de Westminster”
- Panjabi: “ਪੈਲੇਸ ਆਫ਼ ਵੈਸਟਮਿੰਸਟਰ”
- Persian: “کاخ وستمینستر”
- Polish: “Pałac Westminsterski”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Westminster”
- Pushto: “د وېسټ مېنسټر ماڼۍ”
- Romanian: “Palatul Westminster”
- Russian: “Вестминстерский дворец”
- Scots: “Pailace o Wastmeenster”
- Scots: “Palace o Wastmeenster”
- Serbian: “Вестминстерска палата”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Westminsterska palača”
- Sindhi: “ويسٽ منسٽر پيلس”
- Sinhala: “වෙස්ට්මිනිස්ටර් මාළිගය”
- Slovak: “Westminsterský palác”
- Slovenian: “Westminstrska palača”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Westminster”
- Swedish: “Westminsterpalatset”
- Tamil: “வெஸ்ட்மின்ஸ்டர் அரண்மனை”
- Telugu: “వెస్ట్ మినిస్టర్ రాజభవనం”
- Telugu: “వెస్ట్మిన్స్టర్ ప్యాలెస్”
- Thai: “พระราชวังเวสต์มินสเตอร์”
- Turkish: “Westminster Sarayı”
- Ukrainian: “Вестмінстерський палац”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ منسٹر پیلس”
- Uzbek: “Westminster saroyi”
- Vietnamese: “Cung điện Westminster”
- Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo han Westminster”
- Welsh: “Palas San Steffan”
- Western Frisian: “Paleis fan Westminster”
- Western Panjabi: “ویسٹ منسٹر پیلس”
- Wu Chinese: “威斯敏斯特宫”
- Yue Chinese: “西敏宮”
- Zulu: “Isigodlo saseWestminster”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Westminster Abbey and Bishop’s.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Houses of Parliament and Forty One.
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