Parliament Building, Guyana

The Parliament Building houses the National Assembly of Guyana, and is located in the capital Georgetown.

After having been completed, the building was formally handed over to a committee of the Court of Policy on 5 August 1834.

[2] In 1875 Cesar Castellani completed the installation of a sunken panelled ceiling of the Parliamentary Chamber in the eastern wing of the Parliament Building.

[3] The Chamber also features an elaborately carved teak Speaker's chair, an Independence gift from the Government of India; a table and three chairs for the Clerks,[3] and a Sergeant-at-Arms chair (an Independence gift from the British House of Commons); paintings of Arthur Chung, Guyana's first ceremonial President (1970-1980) and of Forbes Burnham, Guyana's first executive President (1980-1985); and a gilded clock, depicting the rays of the sun, a gift from the Demerara Company Limited.

[2] Within its compound are two cannon that were used in the Crimean War[4] and a statue of Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, OBE (1884-1958) who is regarded as the father of Trade Unionism in Guyana.

Parliament Buildings in the 19th century
Parliament Building on a 1931 British Guiana stamp