The Cortes Generales are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
Image: Senado fachada Madrid
Image: Congreso de los Diputados (España) 17
Saint Isidoro Basilica, where the 1188 Cortes of León was held
Queen Maria de Molina presents her son Ferdinand IV to the 1295 Cortes of Valladolid.
The Congress of Deputies is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament in Madrid.
Congress of Deputies
Congreso de los Diputados (built 1850): Palacio de las Cortes. Seat of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid (2016)
The allegorical front of the building