Palace of the Parliament (Bucharest) | government, unfinished / unbuilt

Romania / Bukarest / Bucharest / Strada Izvor
 palace, parliament, government, unfinished / unbuilt
The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) is the seat of the Parliament of Romania. Located on Dealul Arsenalului in central Bucharest (Sector 5), it is the second largest administrative building in the world, after The Pentagon in the United States. With a height of 84 m, an area of 365,000 m2 and having a volume of 2,550,000 m3, it is also the third biggest building in the world, after the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan, Mexico. In terms of weight, the Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building in the world.

A colossal parliament building known for its ornate interior composed of 23 sections, it houses the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, three museums and an international conference center. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Communist Totalitarianism (established in 2015)[3] and the Museum of the Palace are hosted inside the Palace. Though named the House of the Republic (Romanian: Casa Republicii), after the Romanian Revolution in 1989 it became widely known as the People's House (Romanian: Casa Poporului). Due to its impressive endowments, conferences, symposiums and other events are organised by state institutions and international bodies, but even so about 70% of the building is empty.

In 1990, Australian business magnate Rupert Murdoch wanted to buy the building with $1 billion, but his bid was rejected. As of 2008, the Palace of the Parliament is valued at €3 billion ($3.4 billion), making it the most expensive administrative building in the world. The cost of heating and electric lighting alone exceeds $6 million per year, as much as a medium-sized city.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament
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Coordinates:   44°25'39"N   26°5'14"E

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  • Although it may be smaller than the American Pentagon Building and ranks second in the world it is by far ten time more grand, beautiful, and attractive than the Pentagon.
  • The architect of the this building along with the ministry offices across is just spectacular, grand, and beautiful.
  • It's the second biggest GOVERNMENTAL building in the world. There are other, bigger, ordinary buildings out there. It may be the most beautiful though :)
  • The biggest palace in the world!
  • visit the national museum of contemporary art too (m.n.a.c.)...it's a great place - on the west side (the back of the building), entrance from "Calea 13 Septembrie" street...
  • A beautifoul and enormus bilding. A monument for Bucharest and for world. The secon bilding of the world. I like it.
  • will someone who can please change the name to Palatul Parlamentului (Casa Poporului) or something like that
  • Can't comment on it, haven't seen it but the outside looks kinda square to me. Not at all appealing.
  • I agree Unnu!
  • marvelous building but too much people died when the construction was in progress; it doesn't worth
  • The largest dormitory in Bucharest
  • here lies the MAFIA & COMMUNISTS that still govern this country.They are part of secret organisations and implicated in almost all acts of terrorism from the 90's on(including the 9/11 in New York)...and YES, Romania exports arms and ammunition to orient!!!
  • norc.ro (select bucuresti)
  • bucuresti GARBAGE DUMP
  • its so big that it scares me ;)) this huge building has over 1000rooms and some 3milion light bulbs :D
  • in 1984 was starding to built "house of people" (after a project made by Anca Petrescu)
  • What you peeps do not know is that Ceausesku ordered to poke the architect's eyes out so that he would not be able to recreate this beauty again.
  • In terms of interior volume it is the 3rd largest man-made structure in the world...after a pyramid in Mexico and NASA's Vehicle Assembly building in Florida.
  • Yeah!!Very nice building.Like The Order HQ (The Peoples Palace) in 'Цариград'
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