HOW IT'S MADE – THE PARLIAMENT
Posted by Budnews · Sep 8, 2017

We found two beautiful animated videos about the construction of the Hungarian Parliament.

Would you ever think that the Bureau of Parliament has a YouTube channel? Well, they have, and they published some really interesting stuff. The first video we love introduces the construction of the Parliament building. The 3-minute silent film has subtitles on it, but after the video we summarize the main features of the Hungarian Parliament.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfMOGOIpTw0

The Hungarian Parliament building was designed by Imre Steindl, one of the greatest Hungarian architects ever. The construction started in 1885 and the building was inaugurated on the 1000th anniversary of the country in 1896, and has been fully completed in 1904. During the construction, workers used 40 million bricks, half a million precious stones and 40 kilograms (88 lbs.) of gold. From inside, the Parliament is symmetrical and thus has two absolutely identical parliament halls out of which one (House of Commons) is used for the politics, the other one (House of Lords) is used for guided tours these days.

It’s one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, the largest building in Hungary and still the highest building in Budapest head-to-head with St. Stephen's Basilica. The Parliament was built in the spirit of historical eclecticism; the Baroque-shaped building has basically neo-Gothic style. And if you’d like to meet some more secrets of the building, watch this video. It reveals how much harder architects’ work was two centuries ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4kwWobdyFs

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