Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose architectural elements were chosen to evoke the history of parliamentary democracy.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bank of Canada Museum and Centre Block.
Bank of Canada Museum
Museum
Centre Block
Photo: Arctic.gnome, CC BY 2.5.
The Centre Block is the main building of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the House of Commons and Senate chambers, as well as the offices of a number of members of parliament, senators, and senior administration for both legislative houses. Centre Block is situated 390 metres northeast of Parliament Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gatineau and Centretown.
Gatineau
Photo: Óðinn, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca.
Gatineau is a city in the Outaouais region of Quebec, on the north shore of the Ottawa River, across from Canada's capital, Ottawa. It is part of the official National Capital Region which constitutes the fourth largest urban area in the country, after Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Centretown
Suburb
Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east.
ByWard Market
Neighborhood
Photo: Trappy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ByWard Market is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park.
Parliament Hill
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.42283° or 45° 25′ 22″ northLongitude
-75.70379° or 75° 42′ 14″ westOpen location code
87Q6C7FW+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 39635224OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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