Budapest Skyline and Sky is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on February 19th, 2015.
Budapest Skyline and Sky
Surely this is one of the top tourism sights in Budapest, the view of the Hungarian Parliament Building, viewed from the Buda Castle District. across... more
by Joan Carroll
Title
Budapest Skyline and Sky
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
Surely this is one of the top tourism sights in Budapest, the view of the Hungarian Parliament Building, viewed from the Buda Castle District. across the Danube River. I stayed about 1 block away from the Parliament Building and I never tired of seeing it, day and night, in sunny weather and in cloudy weather, close up and from afar. And I always had to get 'just one more photo'. On this day, it might have been 'overcast' and threatening to rain, but that just made for these magnificent clouds! The Hungarian Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the 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. Also from inside the parliament is symmetrical and thus has two absolutely identical parliament halls out of which one is used for the politics, the other one is used for guided tours. 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 entire waterfront of Budapest is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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February 19th, 2015
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Christopher James
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