National Assembly Building of Belize

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National Assembly Building
Belmopan Parliament.jpg
Belmopan National Assembly Building at Independence Plaza
General information
Architectural style Pre-Columbian Mayan
Brutalist
Town or city Belmopan, Belize
Country Belize
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Completed 1970
Client National Assembly of Belize
Owner Government of Belize

The National Assembly Building of Belize is the home of Belize's two houses of Parliament, House of Representatives (lower house) and Senate of Belize.

Opened on October 9, 1971, the building is within a complex of government buildings at Melhado Parade on Independence Plaza in Belmopan and mimics Pre-Columbian Mayan[1] and Brutalist architectural designs. The Building is flanked by two three storey buildings that houses offices.

References

  1. ↑ Travel to Central America: Belize at travel-central-america.net Archived March 11, 2009 at the Wayback Machine

Gallery

  • Belmopan76ParliamentPanoramaC.jpg

    Parliamentary wing

  • Belmopan76ParliamentPanoramaA.jpg

    Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Building (L), National Assembly Building (C), Parliamentary wing (R)

See also

Other government buildings on Independence Plaza:

External links

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