British Columbia Parliament Buildings

British Columbia Parliament Buildings
General information
Architectural style	Neo-baroque Renaissance Revival Romanesque Revival
Address	501 Belleville Street
Town or city	Victoria, British Columbia
Country	Canada
Coordinates	48°25′10″N 123°22′13″W / 48.41944°N 123.37028°W / 48.41944; -123.37028
Construction started	1893
Completed	1897
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Francis Rattenbury
Website
www.leg.bc.ca

The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

The Speaker and the Sergeant-at-Arms are amongst those responsible for the legislative precinct, which by statute include the Parliament Buildings and grounds.

The neo-Baroque buildings face north on Belleville Street facing the Inner Harbour and diagonally across from The Empress Hotel. Atop the central dome is a gold-covered statue of Captain George Vancouver.

A statue of Queen Victoria stands on the front lawn as well the British Columbia Legislature Cenotaph commemorating the province's World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Afghanistan War dead. In front of the Queen Victoria statue is the 30-metre-tall Provincial Christmas Tree, an example of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), misidentified as a "coastal redwood" (Sequoia sempervirens) on the granite marker before it.^[1]

Free guided tours of the facility are offered year-round.