Palau del Parlament de Catalunya

Palau del Parlament de Catalunya
Palacio del Parlamento de Cataluña
West façade of the palace
General information
Status	Intact
Type	Arsenal (later palace)
Architectural style	Historicist, Neoclassical
Location	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Address	Plaça de Joan Fiveller 1, Parc de la Ciutadella
Coordinates	41°23′17″N 2°11′20″E / 41.38806°N 2.18889°E / 41.38806; 2.18889
Current tenants	Parliament of Catalonia
Construction started	1717
Completed	1727
Owner	Generalitat de Catalunya
Technical details
Material	Montjuïc stone and red tile
Floor count	3
Floor area	5,532 m2 (59,550 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Jorge Próspero de Verboom

The Palau del Parlament de Catalunya (English: Palace of the Parliament of Catalonia; Spanish: Palacio del Parlamento de Cataluña) is the seat of the Parliament of Catalonia, located in Barcelona. It was built between 1717 and 1727 as the arsenal of the Ciutadella, to the designs of Jorge Próspero de Verboom.

After the Ciutadella was demolished in the mid-19th century, the building was used for various purposes, including a barracks, a royal palace and an art museum. The palace was the meeting place of the Parliament of Catalonia from 1932 to 1939, when it was dissolved during the Spanish Civil War. With the re-establishment of Parliament in 1980, the palace was renovated and it once again became the seat of Parliament.

In 2012, on the occasion of the National Day of Catalonia the arms of the Generalitat de Catalunya was placed on the main façade over the coat of arms of the arms of Philip V installed in 1889.^[1]