The Parliament Buildings

The towers, arches, sculptures and stained glass of the Parliament Buildings embody the colonial French, English traditions, and the European-centric Gothic Revival architecture popular in the time of Britain's Queen Victoria.

The buildings were completed in the 1860s. The Centre Block was destroyed by an accidental fire in 1916 and rebuilt in 1922. The Library is the only part of the original building remaining. The Peace Tower was completed in 1927 in memory of the First World War. The Memorial Chamber within the Tower contains the Books of Remembrance.

The provincial legislatures are architectural treasures. The Quebec National Assembly is built in the French Second Empire style, while the legislatures of the other provinces are Baroque, Romanesque and neoclassical, reflecting the European Greco-Roman influences.