The Parliament House - Stockholm, Sweden...

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The Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset), is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag. The building complex was designed by Aron Johansson in the Neoclassical style, with a centered Baroque Revival style facade section.



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