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IMG_8063 The Parliament Library and his architecture / La Librairie du Parlement et son architecture.jpg

At the end of the Hall of Honour is the Library of Parliament, a showpiece of High Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. Its floor features a beautiful pattern of cherry, oak and walnut. Hundreds of flowers, masks and mythical creatures are carved in the panelling of white pine. In the centre of the circular, domed room stands a white marble statue of the young Queen Victoria.

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À l’extrémité du hall d’Honneur se trouve la Bibliothèque du Parlement. Ce chef-d’oeuvre néogothique de la grande époque victorienne est rehaussé d’un parquet de marqueterie en cerisier, en chêne et en noyer. Il est enjolivé de boiseries de pin blanc canadien sculptées de centaines de fleurs, de masques et de créatures mythiques. Une statue en marbre blanc de la reine Victoria dans toute la splendeur de sa jeunesse domine cette rotonde surmontée d’un dôme.


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