Cortes Generales
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The Cortes Generales, or the Spanish Parliament, is the bicameral legislature of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
Senado fachada Madrid
Congreso de los Diputados 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.
Congress of Deputies
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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.
Cortes Generales
…Cortes Generales (Spanish pronunciation: , lit. 'General Courts'), or the Spanish Parliament, is the bicameral legislature of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house). The Congress of Deputies meets in the Palacio de las Cortes. The Senate meets in the Palacio del…
Conmemoración del 40 Aniversario de la Constitución Española 05
Congreso de los Diputados (built 1850): Palacio de las Cortes. Seat of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid (2016)
The allegorical front of the building