Parliament Square

A large square in the center of Westminster, created in 1868 to regulate traffic near the Palace of Westminster. Parliament Square has a symbolic layout and represents all branches of government. On the eastern side, the legislature is represented by the Houses of Parliament (Westminster Palace), on the northern incarnation of executive power is Whitehall, on the western side the judiciary is represented by the Supreme Court building, and on the southern center of spiritual power is Westminster Abbey. In the center of Parliament Square is a green area, there are 10 sculptures of important political figures. The most famous of them are statues of Winston Churchill, Lord Stanley, Lord Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli, Abraham Lincoln, George Canning, Nelson Mandela. Parliament Square is known as the place of mass protests, in 2000 it was held an action of “guerrilla gardening” (unauthorized landscaping).