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The Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Malta located in Valletta, Malta. The building was designed by Renzo Piano and opened on 4 May 2015. It cost more than €90 million to build.〔 From 1921 to 1976, the meeting place of the Parliament of Malta had been the Tapestry Chamber of the Grandmaster's Palace, also in Valletta. In 1976, the former armoury of the same palace was converted into a new parliament, and meetings were held there until the opening of the purpose-built Parliament House in 2015. ==Site== Parliament House is located in Republic Street near City Gate, the entrance to Valletta. The building is located adjacent to Saint James Cavalier and the ruins of the Royal Opera House, and opposite the City Gate Shopping Arcade and Palazzo Ferreria. The site presently occupied by the Parliament House was originally built up with houses, and later the Valletta Station of the Malta Railway. The area was bombarded during World War II, and the station and other buildings were demolished in the 1960s as part of a project to redevelop the entrance to Valletta. The area was converted into an open space known as Freedom Square (( マルタ語:Misraħ il-Ħelsien)), which was surrounded by a shopping arcade.〔 The square was rather plain, and was commonly used as a car park. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parliament House (Malta)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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