Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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The Parliament Complex in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the purpose-built, lakeside legislative building that serves as the seat of Sri Lanka’s national parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament building ⓘ
seat of the legislature ⓘ
architect Geoffrey Bawa ⓘ
architecturalStyle modernist architecture ⓘ
regional modernism ⓘ
cityServed Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
connectedToShoreBy causeways ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1979 ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
designedToReflect traditional Sri Lankan architectural forms ⓘ
hasChamber unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasFeature ceremonial entrance ⓘ
committee rooms ⓘ
main parliamentary chamber ⓘ
offices for Members of Parliament ⓘ
offices for parliamentary staff ⓘ
press facilities ⓘ
public galleries ⓘ
hasFunction legislative ⓘ
hasLandscapeDesign integrated with Diyawanna Lake and surrounding gardens ⓘ
hasMaterial concrete ⓘ
tile ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasRoofType multi-tiered pitched roofs ⓘ
hasSymbolicRole key element of the administrative capital of Sri Lanka ⓘ
symbol of Sri Lanka’s legislative authority ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1982 ⓘ
isPartOf administrative capital area of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
locatedIn Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn Diyawanna Lake ⓘ
near Colombo ⓘ
notableFor design by architect Geoffrey Bawa ⓘ
island setting within a lake ⓘ
openedForUseByParliament 1982 ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
purpose to host sessions of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
to house the national legislature of Sri Lanka ⓘ
replaced Old Parliament Building, Colombo ⓘ
securityProvidedBy Sri Lanka Army ⓘ
Sri Lanka Police ⓘ
servesAs seat of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
setting lakeside ⓘ
situatedOn an artificial island in Diyawanna Lake ⓘ
usedBy Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Sri Lanka → meetsIn → Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
Diyawanna Lake → hasLandmark → Sri Lankan Parliament Building ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Diyawanna Lake → hasViewOf → Sri Lankan Parliament Building ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Battaramulla → locatedNear → Sri Lankan Parliament complex at Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Old Parliament Building → parliamentMovedTo → Sri Lankan Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka → seat → Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
subject linked to: Deputy Speaker
Serjeant-at-Arms of the Parliament of Sri Lanka → workLocation → Parliament complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
subject linked to: Serjeant-at-Arms
linked to: Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka → seat → Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ