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European Parliament - Strasbourgby *RedNihao

Photography / Architecture / Exterior

The institution is legally bound to meet there twelve sessions a year lasting about four days each. Other work takes place in Brussels and Luxembourg City. Also all votes of the European Parliament must take place in Strasbourg. "Additional" sessions and committees take place in Brussels. Although de facto a majority of the Parliament's work is now geared to its Brussels site, it is legally bound to keep Strasbourg as its official home.

The building, Louise Weiss, was built at a cost of 3.1 billion French francs (470 million euros), it houses the hemicycle for plenary sessions, the largest of any European institution, others assembly rooms as well as a total of 1133 parliamentary offices.

With its surface of 220,000m², it is one of the biggest and most visible buildings of Strasbourg. The Louise Weiss was designed by the Paris-based team of architects Architecture-Studio. The architects were inspired by Roman amphitheatres. After the project was approved at an international contest in 1991, work, commissioned by the Société d'Aménagement et d'Équipement de la Région de Strasbourg on behalf of the Urban Community of Strasbourg, started in May 1995. The inauguration of the building took place on 14 December 1999 by French President Jacques Chirac and Parliament President Nicole Fontaine.

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Photographed in Strasbourg, France, with ~macareux24.