Westminster Palace, rebuilt from the year 1840 on the site of important medieval remains, is a fine example of neo-Gothic architecture.

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The hotel itself is vast, dark and superbly atmospheric thanks to its Spanish-Gothic architecture which defined the city in the 1920s.

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Western cities like Lviv were able to preserve some gothic and renaissance architecture, while most cities in the East ended up giving in to the Soviet-era simplistic and functional style.

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