Palace of Westminster
In Palace of Westminster, until it was struck by disaster, stood the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—so central that “Westminster” became a metonym for the UK Parliament and government. The palace’s political role stretches back to the 13th century, when Parliament of England met there, and it began life as a royal palace in the eleventh century. Major catastrophes reshaped it: a fire in 1512 destroyed the royal apartments, a second, larger fire hit on 16 October 1834—yet Westminster Hall, from the twelfth century, was saved and folded into what came next. That rebuilt complex followed a Gothic Revival plan: Charles Barry won the design competition, construction started in 1840, and it lasted 30 years, even as both Barry and his assistant, Augustus Pugin, died during the work. …
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