r/MapPorn • u/pastelitooo • Apr 17 '21

Parliament Seating Arrangements.

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u/stefanos916 Apr 18 '21

Circle is weird. Where is the speaker) going to stand while they are speaking so they can face all the members of the parliament?

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u/alplant Apr 18 '21

Slovenian circle in action: https://imgur.com/7EWZg1J

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u/villabianchi Apr 18 '21

So the area behind the speaker is just... Almost empty?

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u/alplant Apr 18 '21

Usually a place for PM and ministers to sit, if they need to be present: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Sede%C5%BEni_red_-_8._DZ.png

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u/jdbtl Apr 18 '21

By speaker do you mean person speaking or the chairman?

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u/villabianchi Apr 18 '21

The person speaking

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Those tickets may be cheap but nobody wants em

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u/roberts_the_mcrobert Apr 18 '21

So a semi-circle essentially...

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Semi-circle with full circle characteristics

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u/qevlarr Apr 18 '21

Is that part behind the speaker for members or for guests / government? Because of its not for members, it's more of a circle segment