List_of_legislative_buildings Knowpia

A legislative building is referred to as a building in which a legislature sits and makes laws for its respective political entity. The term used for the building varies between the political entities, such as "building", "capitol", "hall", "house", or "palace", in the national language of that particular political entity.

National edit

Africa edit

Country	Building	Built	Notes
Algeria	People's National Assembly building		A new parliamentary building is planned.
Angola	National Assembly Building	2015
Burundi	National Assembly of Burundi (Assemblée Nationale du Burundi)	1962^[1]
Benin	National Assembly Building
Botswana	Parliament Building	1966
Burkina Faso	National Assembly Building		The building was set alight during protests in October 2014.
Chad	National Assembly Building
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Palais du Peuple	1979
Djibouti	Assemblée Nationale
Egypt	Parliament Building^[2]	1923
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Parliament Building	1930s	A new Parliament Building is planned.
Ghana	Parliament House of Ghana	1965
Guinea	Palais du Peuple	1970
Guinea-Bissau	Palácio Colinas de Boé
Ivory Coast	Parliament Building
Kenya	Parliament Buildings	1950s
Lesotho	Parliament Building
Liberia	Liberian Capitol Building
Malawi	National Assembly Building
Mali	Assemblée Nationale^[3]	1960s
Mauritius	Parliament House
Morocco	Palace of Parliament	20th century	Parliament of Morocco (The House of Representatives and House of Councillors)
Namibia	Tintenpalast	1913	Parliament of Namibia (National Council and National Assembly)
Nigeria	National Assembly Building	1991	House of Representatives and a Senate.
Senegal	National Assembly Building
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone House of Parliament
South Africa	Houses of Parliament	1884	Parliament of South Africa (National Assembly and National Council of Provinces)
Tanzania	National Assembly Building^[4]	2008
Tunisia	Parliament Building	1888
Uganda	Parliament Building	1962
Zimbabwe	New Zimbabwe Parliament Building	2022 Expected

Americas edit

Country	Building	Built	Notes
Antigua and Barbuda	Parliament Building
Argentina	National Congress Palace	1906
Bahamas	Bahamian Parliament Building	1815
Barbados	Parliament Buildings	1874
Belize	National Assembly Building	1971
Bolivia	Palace of Congress	1905
Brazil	National Congress Building	1960
Canada	Canadian Parliament Buildings	1859	The Parliament of Canada's upper and lower houses are housed in Centre Block, the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex. In 2019, the House of Commons was temporarily relocated to the complex's West Block and the Senate to the Senate of Canada Building, to accommodate the rehabilitation of Centre Block, which began in the same year.
Chile	National Congress Building	1976	See also the Former National Congress Building
Colombia	National Capitol of Colombia	1926
Costa Rica	Legislative Assembly	1958
Cuba	Palace of the Revolution	1957	Different from National Capitol of Cuba
Dominica	Parliament Building	1811
Dominican Republic	Palace of Congress	1955	Different from National Palace
Ecuador	Legislative Palace	1960	Renovated 2008
El Salvador	Legislative Assembly
Guatemala	Legislative Palace	1934
Guyana	Parliament Building	1834
Honduras	National Congress Building	1954
Jamaica	Gordon House	1960
Mexico	Saint Lazarus Legislative Palace	1981	Chamber of Deputies
Mexico	Edificio del Senado	2011	Senate of the Republic
Nicaragua	National Assembly Building	1982
Panama	National Assembly Building	2013
Paraguay	Legislative Palace	2003
Peru	Legislative Palace	1936
Suriname	National Assembly Building	1954
Trinidad and Tobago	The Red House	1907
United States	United States Capitol	1868
Uruguay	Legislative Palace of Uruguay	1925
Venezuela	Federal Legislative Palace	1872

Dependencies edit

Country	Image	Building	Built	Notes
Puerto Rico		Capitol of Puerto Rico	1929	Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the Senate and House of Representatives

Asia edit

Country	Building	Built	Notes
Afghanistan	National Assembly Building	2015	National Assembly (dissolved)^[5]
Armenia	National Assembly Building	1947	National Assembly
Azerbaijan	National Assembly Building	20th century	National Assembly
Bangladesh	Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban	1982
Brunei	Legislative Council Building	2005
Cambodia	National Assembly Building	2007
China (People's Republic of China)	Great Hall of the People	1959
East Timor	National Parliament Building	2002
Georgia	Georgian Parliament Building (Tbilisi)	1953
India	New Parliament House	2023	Old Parliament House was functional from 1927 to 2023.
Indonesia	DPR/MPR Building	1983
Iran	Majlis Building	2007	See also former building
Iraq	Baghdad Convention Centre	1980s	A new parliamentary building is planned.
Israel	Knesset	1966
Japan	National Diet Building	1936
Jordan	Jordanian Parliament	1980
Kazakhstan	Parliament House	2004
Kuwait	Kuwait National Assembly Building	1982	Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon in 1972.
Kyrgyzstan	White House	1985
Laos	National Assembly Building	1990	National Assembly of Laos
Lebanon	Parliament Building	1933	Parliament of Lebanon
Malaysia	Malaysian Houses of Parliament	1963
Mongolia	Government Palace	1954
Myanmar	Assembly of the Union	2005
North Korea	Mansudae Assembly Hall	1984
Oman	Council of Oman Building	2013
Pakistan	Parliament House Building	1988	National Assembly, Senate
Philippines	Batasang Pambansa Complex	1978	House of Representatives; previously met at the Old Congress Building from 1926 to 1972, now the National Museum of Fine Arts.
Philippines	GSIS Building	1997	Senate; previously met at the Old Congress Building from 1926 to 1935, from 1949 to 1972, and from 1987 to 1997, now the National Museum of Fine Arts. A new building in planned.
Singapore	Parliament House	1999
Sri Lanka	Parliament Building	1982
South Korea	National Assembly Building	1975
Taiwan (Republic of China)	Legislative Yuan Building	1919	Legislative Yuan
Tajikistan	Parliament House
Thailand	Sappaya-Sapasathan	2019	The National Assembly of Thailand (Senate and House of Representatives). From 1932 to 1974 the legislature met at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, 1974 to 2018 at the Parliament House of Thailand and 2018 at the TOT Public Company Limited.
Turkey	Grand National Assembly Building	1963
Uzbekistan	National Assembly Building	2003
Vietnam	National Assembly House	2009

Europe edit

Country	Building	Built	Notes
Albania	Albanian Parliament Building	1924	A new building is currently planned for the Albanian Parliament.
Andorra	New Parliament of Andorra	2014	General Council
Austria	Austrian Parliament Building	1883	Austrian Parliament
Belarus	Government House	1934	National Assembly of Belarus
Belgium	Palace of the Nation	1783	Belgian Federal Parliament (Chamber of Representatives and Senate)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Parliament Building	1982	Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria	National Assembly	1885	National Assembly
Croatia	Parliament Palace	1911	Sabor
Czech Republic	Thun Palace	1726	Chamber of Deputies
Czech Republic	Wallenstein Palace	1630	Senate
Denmark	Christiansborg Palace	1928	Folketing
Estonia	Toompea Castle	1922	Riigikogu; the oldest parts of Toompea Castle were built in the early 13th century and the newest parts in 1935. The Riigikogu hall building itself was added in 1922.
Finland	Parliament House	1931	Parliament of Finland
France	Palais Bourbon	1728	National Assembly
France	Luxembourg Palace	1615	Senate
Germany	Reichstag building	1894	Bundestag
Germany	Bundesrat Building	1904	Bundesrat
Greece	Old Royal Palace	1843	Hellenic Parliament
Hungary	Hungarian Parliament Building	1904	National Assembly
Iceland	Alþingishúsið	1881	Althing
Ireland	Leinster House	1748	Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann
Italy	Palazzo Montecitorio	1697	Chamber of Deputies
Italy	Palazzo Madama	1505	Senate of the Republic
Kosovo	Assembly Building		Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo
Latvia	Saeima Building	1867	Saeima
Liechtenstein	Landtagsgebäude	2008	Landtag
Lithuania	Seimas Palace	1980	Seimas
Luxembourg	Hôtel de la Chambre	1860	Chamber of Deputies
Malta	Parliament House	2015	Parliament of Malta
Moldova	Palace of the Parliament	1979	Parliament of Moldova
Monaco	Conseil national de Monaco	2012	National Council
Montenegro	Government Building	1954	Parliament of Montenegro^[6]
Netherlands	Binnenhof	13th century	States-General of the Netherlands (Senate and House of Representatives)
North Macedonia	Sobranie Palace	1938	Assembly of North Macedonia
Norway	Storting building	1866	Parliament of Norway
Poland	Sejm and Senate Complex	1928	Sejm and Senate
Portugal	São Bento Palace	1598	Assembly of the Republic
Romania	Palace of the Parliament	1997	Parliament of Romania (Chamber of Deputies and Senate)
Russia	State Duma building	1935	State Duma
Russia	Federation Council Building	1983	Federation Council
San Marino	Palazzo Pubblico	1894	Grand and General Council
Serbia	House of the National Assembly	1936
Slovakia	Parliament Building	1993	National Council
Slovenia	National Assembly Building	1959	Slovenian Parliament
Spain	Palace of the Parliament	1850	Congress of Deputies
Spain	Palace of the Senate	1814	Senate
Sweden	Riksdag Building	1905	Riksdag
Switzerland	Federal Palace of Switzerland	1902	Swiss Federal Assembly
Ukraine	Verkhovna Rada building	1939	Verkhovna Rada
United Kingdom	Palace of Westminster	1870	Parliament of the United Kingdom (The House of Lords and House of Commons)
Vatican City	Palace of the Governorate	1939	Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Dependencies edit

Country	Building	Built	Notes
Faroe Islands	Løgting house	1856	Løgting
Gibraltar	Exchange and Commercial Library	1817	Gibraltar Parliament
Isle of Man	Legislative Buildings	1887	Tynwald (House of Keys, Legislative Council)
Jersey	States Chamber	1887	States Assembly
Guernsey	Royal Court		States of Guernsey

Oceania edit

Country	Building	Built	Notes
Australia	Parliament House	1988	Parliament of Australia (Senate and House of Representatives)
Fiji	Government Buildings	late 1930s	Parliament of Fiji, Not used between 1987 and 2015
Kiribati	Parliament Building	2000	House of Assembly
Marshall Islands	Capitol Building	1994	Parliament of the Marshall Islands
Micronesia	Parliament Building		Parliament of the Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru	Parliament Building	1990s	Parliament of Nauru
New Zealand	Parliament Buildings	1922	Parliament of New Zealand (House of Representatives)
Palau	Olbiil Era Kelulau Capitol Building	2006	Palau National Congress, which also includes the Executive and Judiciary Buildings
Papua New Guinea	Parliament Building	1984	National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Samoa	Parliament Building		Parliament of Samoa
Solomon Islands	Houses of Parliament	1993	National Parliament of Solomon Islands
Tonga	Parliament Building		Parliament of Tonga
Tuvalu	Parliament Building	2005	Parliament of Tuvalu
Vanuatu	Parliament Building	1991	Parliament of Vanuatu

Supranational edit

Europe edit

Supranational Organisation	Legislative body	Building	Built	Notes
European Union	European Parliament (lower house)	Espace Léopold	1995	The EU Parliament alternates its work between Brussels and Strasbourg
	European Parliament (lower house)	Louise Weiss	1999
	Council of the European Union (upper house)	Europa building	2016	The Council of the EU shares its location with the European Council - a non-legislative body that acts as a "collective head of state" for the Union.

Sub-national edit

Australia edit

State / Territory	Building	Built	Notes
New South Wales	Parliament House	late 1850s	Parliament of New South Wales (Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly)
Queensland	Parliament House	1867	Parliament of Queensland (Legislative Assembly)
South Australia	Parliament House	1874 to 1939	Parliament of South Australia (Legislative Council and House of Assembly)
Tasmania	Parliament House	1840	Parliament of Tasmania (Legislative Council and House of Assembly)
Victoria	Parliament House	1856 to 1929	Parliament of Victoria (Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly)
Western Australia	Parliament House	1904	Parliament of Western Australia (Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly)
Australian Capital Territory	Legislative Assembly Building	1961	Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
Northern Territory	Parliament House	1994	Parliament of the Northern Territory (Legislative Assembly)

Canada edit

New Zealand edit

	Building	Notes
Cook Islands	Parliament Building	Parliament of the Cook Islands
Niue	Assembly Building	Niue Legislative Assembly
Tokelau	Parliament Building	General Fono

Portugal edit

Autonomous Region	Image	Building	Built	Notes
Azores		Legislative Assembly Building	1990	Legislative Assembly of the Azores
Madeira		Legislative Assembly Building	1987	Legislative Assembly of Madeira

United Kingdom edit

Country	Building	Built	Notes
Northern Ireland	Parliament Buildings	1933	Northern Ireland Assembly
Scotland	Scottish Parliament Building	2004	Scottish Parliament
Wales	Senedd Building	2006	Senedd

United States edit

References edit

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