Castle Niedersächsischer Landtag in Hanover

You're standing at the Leineschloss, right in the old town of Hanover. This is where the Landtag of Lower Saxony meets, the parliament of this German state. Take a good look at the building. It's a classicist palace complex, and that's no accident. Until 1866, this was the residence of the kings of Hanover. Where monarchs once lived, politicians now argue it out.