One of the most stunning buildings in Budapest, is of course the Hungarian Parliament. It is world famous and for good reason. It is the third largest Parliament building in the world. The architect was Imre Steindl, who was obviously inspired by the English Parliament building. I took a number of photographs of it from various perspectives. During the night and day.

Construction of Parliament was completed in 1904. I did not have time to visit the inside. You can’t do it all. Apparently, it is quite opulent. Like the American President, they like gold, no matter how gaudy, and used 40 kg of gold in the decoration of the building. It also contains half a million ornamental stones. During the Communist era it had a red star placed on top of the dome, but it was removed in 1990 after Hungary gained freedom from the Soviet empire.

The building is built in the neo-classical style and contains 691 rooms and reaches a height of 96 metres.

Apparently, during the Communist regime’s time in power, the crown jewels were hidden from the Russians and kept safely in the United States until 1978.

Today, I enjoyed every hour of my long walk through and along the Danube River and its region of World Heritage sites. I noticed many of the buildings looked pretty good. Much of the city had to be rebuilt after the barbarous bombing of World War II. To me, and my uncultured eye, many of them looked new. Like Fisherman’s Bastion. Were these “neo-classics?”

I know I have overdone it with photos of this magnificent building, but I couldn’t resist.