Palace of the Parliament

The Parliament Palace (also Palace of the Parliament, Romanian Palatul Parlamentului ) in the Romanian capital Bucharest, formerly known as " House of the People " (Casa Poporului ), is the largest building in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The central palace is located at the western end of about three kilometers long boulevard Unirii.

History

The building was built in 1983-1989 according to the ideas of the dictator ruling Romanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu; The official groundbreaking ceremony took place on 25 June 1984. The architect of the building Anca Petrescu (1949-2013) won the competition for the palace immediately after completion of their studies at the age of 26 years and remained after the completion of the main responsible for its design. To make room for the building of superlatives to whole complex also includes large parts of new squares and avenues, in the late 1970s partly historic homes with approximately 40,000 residential units, a dozen churches and three synagogues were demolished evicted parts of the old town. Also the monastery Mihai Voda was to be demolished, but was spared by global protest and instead shifted by a few hundred meters. Around 20,000 workers, especially members of the military, built the palace in three shifts.

Originally, the building was called Casa Poporului ( German House of the People ), described at the time of the Bukarestern derisively as the "House of the victory over the people." After the political changes and the execution of Ceausescu in 1989 flared up discussions about the continued use of the building. In April 1991, the decision was made that the complex of buildings not demolished and will be renamed the "Palace of the Parliament ". After further modifications, the building since 1997, serves as the seat of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, the Senate in 2005 was also associated with its seat in the palace. There is also an international conference center, where, for example, in April 2008, took place the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. On the upper floors there is an international customs and police organization. On the back of the building, the National Museum of Modern Art is housed.

Southwest built next to the Parliament Palace, the Romanian Orthodox Church, with the support of the State since 2010, the Cathedral of the redemption of the people, whose dome with height 120 m should pass the palace considerable.

Architecture and Construction

The construction employed more than five years 700 architects and 20,000 workers. Its floor area is 65,000 m², built area 365,000 m² - in comparison, the Pentagon has 610,000 m². According to the Pentagon, it is the second largest administrative building in the world. The largest gallery of the building is 150 meters long and the largest hall is 16 meters high and 2200 square meters. The construction costs are difficult to quantify, in an estimate of 3.3 billion euros the speech, which represented up to 40 percent of the annual gross domestic product of Romania.

Style

Stylistically, the Palace of Parliament is expected to Neoclassicism. However, its monumentality shows him as pure domination architecture and beyond any previously unknown context of classical and neoclassical models. The British historian Tony Judt sees the palace as a monstrous metaphor for unbridled tyranny.

Room with luxury jewelry

Hall with chandeliers and red carpet

One of the larger chandelier in the Parliament Building

Decorated room with huge carpets and marble walls

Union Hall, Ballroom, with 18x54 meters of space größtflächige

A corridor with marble columns

Technical details

  • Dimensions: Area: 65,000 m²
  • Height: 86 feet above the ground, 92 meters underground
  • Length: 275 meters
  • Width: 235 meters
  • On construction contributing architects (led by Anca Petrescu ): 700
  • 5100 rooms, of which 3,000 rooms, the rest are halls and corridors (30 meeting rooms )
  • Over 30 rooms and salons are between 200 and 2000 square meters
  • 200 toilets
  • 31 lifts
  • 480 chandelier
  • 150,000 bulbs
  • 52,000 square meters of carpets
  • 2000 km electrical cables

At present ( 2010) to 170 specialists take care of the maintenance of the building. Since 2008, the current account amounted to 1.7 million euros, the light bulbs are gradually being replaced by energy saving lamps.

Bulevardul Unirii Compact fluorescent lamp
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