Parliament Buildings of Barbados description and photos - Barbados: Bridgetown (Topic)

Parliament Buildings of Barbados description and photos - Barbados: Bridgetown. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Parliament Buildings of Barbados.

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The Parliament of Barbados is bicameral, formally consists of: Elizabeth II - Queen of Barbados represented by the Governor-General appointed by the Senate (Upper House) and an elected Assembly (Lower House). Both offices sit in separate rooms in the Bridgetown Parliament Building.

The Barbados Parliament is copied from the English Legislature. Meetings of both parts - the House of Representatives and the Senate, are usually held once a month, other meetings - as needed, and are broadcast live on the local radio station.

The Parliament of Barbados is the third oldest legislative assembly in America and is one of the oldest in the Commonwealth of Nations. The first meeting of the Barbados Assembly was held in 1639. Originally held at home, the assemblies were held in Captain Henry Howlith's building on Mulhill Street, which was originally intended for his courts. By 1653, the congregations were moved to State House in the Chipside area of Bridgetown. In 1668, State House was destroyed by fire following an explosion in the Bridgetown War Journal.

Over the years, Barbados Assemblies continued to take place in various locations, in taverns and merchant rented houses. In 1724 a law was passed providing for the provision of a building for the Council and Assembly, courts and prisons. The building on Coleridge Street was completed in 1731-1732, but Parliament still met in various private homes and restaurants.

The current building of Parliament was built in the neo-Gothic style in the early 1870s on the site of the area destroyed after a great fire in 1860. The object is made in the style of the Victorian era, its main attraction is the clock tower, erected from local limestone, which for technical reasons was moved from the east wing to the west after 1885.

The Parliament of Barbados in its current form first started working after the general the 1961 election. In 1963, due to the change in the status of Barbados within the British Empire, the Legislative Council of the colonial era was abolished, and in 1964 the Senate came to replace it. The parliament building is on the UNESCO list of cultural heritage.

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