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Parliament Hill

85 Wellington St, Ontario K1A 1A1 Canada

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“the center of Canadian Government”

Parliament Hill colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural elements of national symbolic importance. Parliament Hill attracts approximately 3 million visitors each year. Originally the site of a military base in the 18th and early 19th centuries, development of the area into a governmental precinct began in 1859, after Queen Victoria chose Bytown as the capital of the Province of Canada. Following a number of 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. Since 2002, an extensive $1 billion renovation and rehabilitation project has been underway throughout all of the precinct's buildings; work is not expected to be complete until after 2020.

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Reviewed by
thekrumpness

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June 07, 2014
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Free tours offered twice an hour - worth the time! Collect a free ticket from the tour office across the street earlier rather than later.

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cleokilpatrick

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June 06, 2014
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Beautiful

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Parliament Hill

85 Wellington St
Ontario
K1A 1A1 Canada
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  • Mon - Thu: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
  • Fri: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

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