Bucharest, Romania
Palace of the Parliament
The Palace of the Parliament, initially designed during Communist times as the People's House or the House of the Republic, is the seat of the Parliament of Romania, located atop Dealul Spirii in Bucharest, the national capital. The Palace reaches a height of 84 m, is 92 m deep underground, has a floor area of 365,000 m2 and a volume of 2,550,000 m3. The Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building in the world, weighing about 4,098,500 tonnes, and is the largest civilian administrative building in the world, the largest military administrative building being the yet larger US Pentagon.
- City
- Bucharest
- Country
- Romania
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Bucharest
- King Michael I Park
- National Cathedral of Romania
- Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral
- Arcul de Triumf
- National Museum of Art of Romania
Background: Wikipedia