The Portuguese parliament buildings
The Portuguese parliament is housed in the Sao Bento Palace
(formerly a Benedictine monastery) in Lisbon.

Painting in the Portuguese parliament of Vasco da Gama arriving in India
A mural in the Portuguese parliament
depicting the arrival in India in 1498 of
the famous Portuguese navigator,
Vasco da Gama.

The Portuguese Assembly chamber
The chamber of the 230-member Assembly of the Republic.

The chamber of the former Portuguese Senate
The former Senate chamber (Portugal's 1933 Constitution
created a unicameral National Assembly).

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