The Library of Parliament has been called "the most beautiful room in Canada". The only part of the original Centre Block to survive the fire of 1916, the Library was saved by an employee - M.

We've compiled Library and Archives Canada images of the building before, during and after the fire, as well as pictures of the new Centre Block. You can see them in the photo gallery above.

Acting as the anchor of downtown Ottawa, these three neo-Gothic structures ... at 10 a.m. To the north is the octagonal Library of Parliament, with ornate galleries and colorful windows that ...