Budapest In Two Days №07
Nov. 8th, 2010 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Budapest's exquisite Parliament building is the second largest in Europe after England's. The main facade faces the Danube. Designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, the building mixes neo-Gothic style with a neo-Renaissance dome reaching 96m. This number is significant as the country's millennium was 1896 and the conquest of the kingdom of Hungary was 896. St. Stephens Basilica is also 96m high for the same reasons. At the top of a grandly ornamented staircase, there is a hexadecagonal (16-sided) central hall that leads to an impressive chamber. The fabled Hungarian crown jewels of St. Stephen are on display. Unfortunately, you can enter only on guided tours (the 3/4-hour tour is worth the chance to go inside).
Budapest's exquisite Parliament building is the second largest in Europe after England's. The main facade faces the Danube. Designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, the building mixes neo-Gothic style with a neo-Renaissance dome reaching 96m. This number is significant as the country's millennium was 1896 and the conquest of the kingdom of Hungary was 896. St. Stephens Basilica is also 96m high for the same reasons. At the top of a grandly ornamented staircase, there is a hexadecagonal (16-sided) central hall that leads to an impressive chamber. The fabled Hungarian crown jewels of St. Stephen are on display. Unfortunately, you can enter only on guided tours (the 3/4-hour tour is worth the chance to go inside).
