Budapest Parliament description and photos - Hungary: Budapest (Topic)

Budapest Parliament description and photos - Hungary: Budapest. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Parliament.

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Seven years after the unification of Buda, Pest and Obuda, in 1880 the National Assembly decided to build a parliament building to emphasize the sovereign right of the Hungarian nation. A competition was announced, which was won by the architect Imre Steindl, but some of the ideas of two other participants in the competition were also implemented - in the building of the Ethnographic Museum and in the building of the Ministry of Agriculture. Construction began in 1885, and the first meeting of the State Assembly took place in the building in 1896, during the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Finding of the Motherland. The construction of the parliament was completed only in 1906. It should be noted that by the time the construction was completed, the architect of the project had gone blind.

The Parliament Building - one of the symbols of Budapest - was built in the eclectic style - it traces elements of neo-Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance. On the front staircase with frescoes by Karoi Lotz, the visitor enters the domed hall, whose height is 27 m. Since January 1, 2000, the Holy Crown of Hungary and the coronation regalia are buried here.

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