TQ3079 : The Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster)
taken 12 years ago, near to City of Westminster, England
The River Thames rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire on the slopes of the Cotswolds and flows generally eastward to its mouth near Southend in Essex. At 215 miles long it is one of the longest rivers in Britain, and the longest entirely within England. It is one of the most important rivers in Britain. Link
Standing beside the River Thames, the Palace of Westminster is one of the most famous buildings in the UK.
The building as it is today was constructed between 1834 and 1864, replacing an earlier building which caught fire. It has 1100 rooms, 100 staircases and five kilometres of corridors.
It hosts the two houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom — the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Read more at Wikipedia Link