HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

Among the historic landmarks treated in the article London of the 3rd edition (178897) of Encyclopdia Britannica were the Houses of Parliament, also called Westminster Palace. A fire in 1834 destroyed much of the complex described here, except for Westminster Hall and the House of Commons. The structure was rebuilt in the mid-19th century. Sections 128131 of that article are presented in modern typography for ease in reading but otherwise retain the original spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and italicsincluding typographical errors. Houses of Parliament See also the current Britannica articles Parliament, Houses of, and London. For a collection of similar historical documents, see BTW: London Classics.