{"id":2867,"date":"2022-01-22T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.com\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2022-01-24T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:12:10","slug":"palace-of-the-parliament-a-really-huge-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/places\/palace-of-the-parliament-a-really-huge-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace of the Parliament, a really huge building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you look at this building, the first thought that comes to mind is that you already know that it is the largest building in Europe, and the second in the world after the Pentagon, as an area of \u200b\u200b335,000 square meters, but only now do you realize what it means this thing. You have in mind the building seen in the pictures on the Internet, seen from afar, but as you get closer, it gets bigger and bigger, and you will feel smaller and smaller when you get next to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construction of the building began in 1983, and later, on June 25, 1984, Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu laid the foundation of a metal cylinder containing a parchment signed and reinforced with a seal, and then symbolically placed a cement canopy on it. what was then called the House of the Republic, later called the House of the People, and now the Palace of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Parliament Palace has a length of 270 meters, a width of 245 meters, has 9 above-ground floors with a height of 86 meters, but also 9 underground floors with 92 meters below ground level. The built-up area is 66,000 square meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20,000 workers, 5,000 soldiers, 700 architects, and an \u201carmy\u201d of \u201cvolunteers\u201d worked in difficult conditions, in 3 shifts for 7 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The building has about 1,000 rooms, of which 440 offices, over 30 halls and halls, 4 restaurants, 3 libraries, two parking lots and a concert hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The estimated costs of the Parliament Palace building at the time of 1989 were $ 1.75 billion, and in 2006 they were updated to \u20ac 3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chamber of Deputies (since 1994), the Romanian Senate (since 2004), but also other institutions such as the Romanian Constitutional Court or the National Museum of Contemporary Art operate in the Parliament Palace building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lobbies of the Parliament Palace<\/strong> are flanked by carved columns, imposing staircases, all made of white marble.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Unirii (Union) Hall<\/strong> was inaugurated on December 22, 1994, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Romanian Revolution of 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was designed for the big receptions that would have taken place at the level of head of state. The interior space is the largest and second tallest of the Parliament Palace halls. It consists of a large central nave measuring 54\u00d718 m, with a richly decorated central skylight and two side naves of 6\u00d742 m, separated by two colonnades. The main nave is 15 m high and the two sides are 12.5 m high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The columns have Romanian-style grooves, with a Corinthian capital and are made of white Ru\u0219chi\u021ba marble. Due to the size of the hall, on the long side of the entrance, the doors were made as monumental portals. Boxed with cherry wood inserts and white marble frame, with motifs inspired by traditional Romanian architecture. The hall opens directly to the outside, to the park, through 8 high doors-windows made of stainless steel ornaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A.I. Cuza Hall<\/strong> is named after the ruler who united the Romanian Principalities, Moldova and Wallachia. This hall was completed before the 1989 Revolution and is one of the most imposing in the Palace of Parliament. It is the tallest hall, of about 20 m and the second largest, of 2,040 sqm. It was intended to be a protocol room at the highest level, the \u201cnegotiation and document signing room\u201d. It is located on the main axis of the Parliament Palace, with an opening through a large loggia to Constitution Square and Unirii Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hall has an eclectic architecture, with a pink background, the main element of the composition is the column with capital in Corinthian style and the spindle of the column processed with traditional ornamental motifs of Br\u00e2ncovenesc style architecture. The columns are made of white Ru\u0219chi\u021ba marble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1995, the hall hosted the concert conducted by Yehudi Menuhin during the opening of the \u201cGeorge Enescu\u201d International Music Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ion I.C. Br\u0103tianu Hall<\/strong> is located on the ground floor on the axis of the Palace of the Parliament. With two inner courtyards on the sides, this room has a special natural light, intensified by chandeliers and sconces that reproduce vintage chandeliers. It is a medium-sized room, a central space with an opening of 42 m, all covered in marble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hall is used for conferences and other musical or film events.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Parliament Palace is open to tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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