| Parliament Building (Quebec) | |
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Parliament Building, in Quebec City |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| Town or city | Quebec City |
| Country | Canada |
| Construction started | 1877 |
| Completed | 1886 |
| Technical details | |
| Size | 52 metres or 171 feet in height. |
| Design and construction | |
| Client | Parliament of Quebec |
| Owner | Lieutenant-Governor and the National Assembly) |
| Architect | Eugène-Étienne Taché |
The Parliament Building (French: Hôtel du Parlement) is an eight-floor building and home to the Parliament of Quebec (composed of the Lieutenant-Governor and the National Assembly) in Quebec City. The building was designed by architect Eugène-Étienne Taché and was built from 1877 to 1886. With the frontal tower, the building stands at 52 metres or 171 feet in height. The building is located in Place Assemblée National and sits on top of Parliament Hill in the district of Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire, just outside the walls of Old Quebec; this area is part of the borough of La Cité–Limoilou.
It features the Second Empire architectural style that was popular for prestigious buildings both in Europe (especially France where the style originated) and the United States during the latter 19th century. Although somewhat more sober in appearance and lacking a towering central belfry, Quebec City's Parliament Building bears a definite likeness to the Philadelphia City Hall, another Second Empire edifice in North America which was built during the same period. Even though the building's symmetrical layout with a frontal clock tower in the middle is typical of legislative institutions of British heritage, the architectural style is believed to be unique among parliament buildings found in other Canadian provincial capitals. Its facade presents a pantheon representing significant events and people of the history of Quebec.
Additional buildings were added next to the Parliament Buildings:
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The Quebec National Assembly's facade has 22 statues of major people of the province's history and others on the building's grounds: