Looking Down On A Rising "House" - Among the spires and towers of Westminster (London) rises the new House of Commons, seen here In a picture taken from the Big Ben clock tower.The new building replaces the chamber which was destroyed by German air raiders in World War II. It is expected to be completed by next May.The present Houses of Parliament stand on the site of the old Palace of Westminster, named in the reign of Edward the Confessor and occupied by his successors down to Henry VIII.The "Houses" are still nominally a Royal palace, and bear the name "Palace of Westminster" as an alternative title.Style of the buildings, which were completed in the early 19th century,, is late-Gothic. September 23, 1949.

Looking Down On A Rising "House" - Among the spires and towers of Westminster (London) rises the new House of Commons, seen here In a picture taken from the Big Ben clock tower.The new building replaces the chamber which was destroyed by German air raiders in World War II. It is expected to be completed by next May.The present Houses of Parliament stand on the site of the old Palace of Westminster, named in the reign of Edward the Confessor and occupied by his successors down to Henry VIII.The "Houses" are still nominally a Royal palace, and bear the name "Palace of Westminster" as an alternative title.Style of the buildings, which were completed in the early 19th century,, is late-Gothic. September 23, 1949.

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