Parliament Building
Modern legislature clad in honeycomb-cut limestone, designed by Renzo Piano beside the city gate.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Parliament Building in Valletta follows Renzo Piano's stone-clad home for Malta's House of Representatives, from the Gozo limestone carved to look ancient to the morning in January 2019 when Speaker Anglu Farrugia called in the press with a folder of photographs. Along the way you'll hear about a quarrel over the facade stone and a builder and a Parliament that each pointed at the other. Best heard from Republic Street, facing the gap between the two blocks.
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