Legislative Palace

 Teo, June 10, 2015

A few days ago I went to the Legislative Palace. It was almost the biggest building we've seen in Uruguay, next to the Antel Tower. 

When we got there, we asked where the English tour was, and we got tickets for the tour. We went to the front and there was a soldier in green with a big hat. He kind of looked funny. I kind of tried to not smile really big.

The Legislative Palace is where all the decisions are made for Uruguay. It is like the U.S. Capitol. We saw where the Senate and the House of Representatives meet. We also saw a really, really big library. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were in the middle of a big, fancy room that was made of different colors of marble.

I would say that touring the Uruguayan Legislative Palace is more interesting than touring the U.S. Capitol. Everything is really old and you can look at lots of things really closely and it just seems a little more fun.

This is the big fancy room where the Declaration and the Constitution are.

There were little square of marble around the room that showed the 52 colors of marble in the building.

Two soldiers guarding the door. The door is made of mahogany from Paraguay.

There was lots of artwork in the building.

This is where the Senate meets. Up above in the circle is pure gold.

The library had every book published in Uruguay. There were six rooms of books.

The school kids were having a tour at the same time as we were in the House of Representatives.