The idea of placing the seat of legislative power in the middle of a religious complex was not mere coincidence, but has its roots in customs of the period.

To this structure, which originated in the modified monastic cells, was added an amphitheatre similar to that which would soon be found in Berlin's Reichstag building.

The deputies attended meetings in a session hall, seated in a semicircle; in front of them was a speaker's platform, to the right of which was the ministers' bench.

[1] The building was open for public visiting only at hours when the legislature was not meeting, following an agreement won by a bureaucrat working there.

The cupola, similar to that of the Romanian Athenaeum and located above the assembly hall, is raised, fitted with windows, and topped by an eagle; it forms the palace's central axis.