Province House (Nova Scotia)

Province House is the gathering place of the legislative Parliament of Nova Scotia, known under the name of Chambre of Parliament of Nova Scotia. It is a national historical place which is also smallest and the oldest parliamentary building in Canada. It opened its doors the February 11th 1819. The building was the original seat of the Supreme court of Nova Scotia; its main entrance is on the street Hollis in Halifax.

Comprising three stages, the building, one of the more good examples of architecture palladianist in North America, is richly decorated, in particular of British plaster falcons. Several of them are without head since the years 1840. At that time, a deputy of the Room, Lawrence O' Connor Doyle, broke the head of several of the falcons with blows of duck, by learning that a disagreement between the the United States and the New Brunswick had been regulated in favor of the Americans. He believed that they were eagles.

In 1848, Province House was the site of the first form of Gouvernement responsible for the British Empire apart from the the United Kingdom.

External bond

Room of Parliament of Nova Scotia - Official site

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