Parliament Hill Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Parliament Hill

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 Parliament Hill (French: Colline du Parlement), colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings, and their architectural elements of national symbolic importance, is the home of the Parliament of Canada. Parliament Hill attracts approximately three million visitors each year. Law enforcement on Parliament Hill and in the parliamentary precinct is the responsibility of the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS).

Originally the site of a military base in the 18th and early 19th centuries, the development of the area into a governmental precinct began in 1859 after Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada. Following several extensions to the parliament and departmental buildings and a fire in 1916 that destroyed the Centre Block, Parliament Hill took on its present form with the completion of the Peace Tower in 1927. 

La colline du Parlement (en anglais, Parliament Hill) est le lieu où est construit le Parlement du Canada, à Ottawa. La colline du parlement ainsi que l'enceinte parlementaire sont sous la juridiction du Service de Protection Parlementaire (SPP).

Changing of the guards  Changement de la Garde

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Governor General's Foot Guards on Parliament Hil

Garde à  pieds du Gouverneur général sur la Colline du Parlement