Curiosities about the Parliament

Nowadays we cannot even imagine the Danube bank without it in spite of the fact that it has "only" embellished the capital city with its full splendor for 100 years. The Parliament is an almost peerlessly remarkable set of buildings and it houses the Hungarian Parliament, the background institutions which assist it in its work and certain units of the Prime Minister's Office on 18000 square meters.

Up to two hundred offices can be found inside. In this grandiose house, you can encounter that Országalma Restaurant, which was originally designed to be a restaurant by Imre Steindl.

How it came to be, why did it become such as it is and what form could the House of the Country had taken? Take a look at some of the tenders presented by the era's notable architects!

 

The plans of Wilhelm Stier

Alajos Hauszmann - Tender entitled "Patres conscripti"

Fellner and Helmer - Tender entitled "Moriamur pro rege nostro"

Imre Steindl - Tender Entitled "Alkotmány I." (Constitution I.) - The Parliament as we know it today