Parliament

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Our next stop was the Parliament Building. I should mention that Emily has been a tour guide for many years but has also worked at Viking (precovid) as well as at the Parliament building. She basically knows everyone.

We had an appointment I think for a tour of Parliament although she might have just gotten someone to sell her the tickets because of who she is. She said tours sell out months in advance.

The building was beautiful and you could tell how much pride she felt about it.

Pictures of the actual crown aren’t allowed.

The tour starts by walking up four flights of a gold ornate staircase.

During WW2 this building was hit by 300 bombs. The caretakers had removed all the stained glass windows and numbered them before burying them in the ground under sand bags. This saved all the windows which were reinstalled after the war.
Pretty sure Emily is teaching the tour guide from the Parliament something
The Parliament building is equal in size on both sides of the main hall. If you cut between these staircases each side would be identical.
Press conferences are often held here
This is the largest hand knotted rug in Europe
Each trade is represented in this room
There were numerous cigar holders on the windowsills thoughout.
Replica
Cross section side
Brown line was original Hungary border before the war. Green line is current border.
The bulbs in the chandelier over the crown must be changed by having someone climb down in the chandelier.
Red communist star that was on top of the building for 40 years.

They had a contest for the design of the building to pick an architect. This was obviously the winning design. They decided to build the second and third runners up across the street.

Palace of Justice that houses the Supreme Court
Minister of Agriculture

Years ago, there were what was supposed to be peaceful protests against communism at the Parliament. What people didn’t know was that Russian soldiers were lined up in nearby buildings waiting for the command to shoot. Several hundred people were shot that day and you can still see the bullet holes in the buildings.

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