A legislative building is referred to as a building in which a legislature sits and makes laws for its respective political entity. The term used for the building varies between the political entities, such as "building", "capitol", "hall", "house", or "palace", in the national language of that particular political entity.
Country | Image | Building | Built | Notes |
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Puerto Rico | Capitol of Puerto Rico | 1929 | Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the Senate and House of Representatives | |
Country | Image | Building | Built | Notes |
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Faroe Islands | Løgting house | 1856 | Løgting | |
Gibraltar | Exchange and Commercial Library | 1817 | Gibraltar Parliament | |
Isle of Man | Legislative Buildings | 1887 | Tynwald (House of Keys, Legislative Council) | |
Jersey | States Chamber | 1887 | States Assembly | |
Guernsey | Royal Court | States of Guernsey |
Supranational Organisation | Legislative body | Image | Building | Built | Notes |
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European Union | European Parliament (lower house) | Espace Léopold | 1995 | The EU Parliament alternates its work between Brussels and Strasbourg | |
Louise Weiss | 1999 | ||||
Council of the European Union (upper house) | Europa building | 2016 | The Council of the EU shares its location with the European Council - a non-legislative body that acts as a "collective head of state" for the Union. |
Image | Building | Built | Notes | |
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Cook Islands | Parliament Building | Parliament of the Cook Islands | ||
Niue | Assembly Building | Niue Legislative Assembly | ||
Tokelau | Parliament Building | General Fono |
Autonomous Region | Image | Building | Built | Notes |
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Azores | Legislative Assembly Building | 1990 | Legislative Assembly of the Azores | |
Madeira | Legislative Assembly Building | 1987 | Legislative Assembly of Madeira |
Country | Image | Building | Built | Notes |
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Northern Ireland | Parliament Buildings | 1933 | Northern Ireland Assembly | |
Scotland | Scottish Parliament Building | 2004 | Scottish Parliament | |
Wales | Senedd Building | 2006 | Senedd |
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