Hungarian Parliament Impressions

by Joan Carroll

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Hungarian Parliament Impressions

Artist

Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Digital Art

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Wherever you are on Castle Hill on the Buda side of Budapest, you can find a view across to the Pest side of the city and to the Hungarian Parliament Building. It is a view that you never get tired of seeing, and if you are a photographer, a view that you never get tired of photographing! Every time you walk 100 yards, the view seems different, and the building is different at all times of the day. It always draws your attention, even if you have seen it a dozen times or a hundred times. The Hungarian Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the east bank of the Danube. It is currently the largest building in Hungary and still the tallest building in Budapest. The Parliament Building is in the Gothic Revival style; it has a symmetrical facade and a central dome. The dome is Renaissance Revival architecture. It is 268 m (879 ft) long and 123 m (404 ft) wide. Its interior includes 10 courtyards, 13 passenger and freight elevators, 27 gates, 29 staircases and 691 rooms (including more than 200 offices). With its height of 96 m (315 ft), it is one of the two tallest buildings in Budapest, along with Saint Stephen's Basilica. The number 96 refers to the nation's millennium, 1896, and the conquest of the later Kingdom of Hungary in 896. The Parliament Building is part of the UNESCO World Site which encompasses a large part of both banks of the Danube River in Budapest.

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January 2nd, 2015

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