HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, Westminster History

Hi, I'm Ed, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll accompany you through the Houses of Parliament, one of the most symbolic monuments in London!

You are now standing in front of the large, Neo-Gothic government building that stretches along the bank of the River Thames, which is undoubtedly one of the city's most important symbols thanks to the unmistakable shape of the clock tower called "Big Ben".

Almost a thousand years have passed since King Edward the Confessor had a palace built for his residence near Westminster Abbey, which was also designed for administrative and political use. All of the English kings lived and ruled in this medieval palace until King Henry VIII, after which it became the Houses of Parliament....