The Hungarian Parliament - Budapest

  • Preview image in your
    Facebook Timeline Account

  • Preview

  • Price: 1$
  • Size Facebook: 1702 x 630 px
  • Size Twitter: 1500 x 500 px
  • Size LinkedIn: 1128 x 191 px

More Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Cover Photos
More

Cover photo info

  • Photo title: The Hungarian Parliament - Budapest
  • Author: Bogdan
  • Cover photo description:
  • The Hungarian Parliament, an immense piece of neo-Gothic grandiloquence was build over a period of two decades (1884-1904) by the architect Imre Steindl. It is the third largest parliament building in Europe. By the time it was completed, its neo-Gothic style looked hopelessly out of date in a city that was learning to relish the sensuous pleasures of Art Nouveau, and critics scornfully compared it to both a Turkish bath and a wedding cake. Today it seems madly huge for such a small country, but in its day it administrated the affairs of a significant stretch of the Habsburg empire, stretching from the Tatra Mountains to the Carpathians in one direction and to the Adriatic in the other. Inside the building, the walls and pillars are decorated in real gold above head height, while within arm's reach the gilding is just gold paint, so that no one can profit from peeling it off. Parliament's most prized exhibit is the crown of the canonized King Stephan (Istvan). The building is so big that always a part of it is under renovation...
  • Image ID:60854
  • Views:3530
  • Downloads:5

Keywords for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn timeline photos

architect architecture bank banks buda budapest chambers construction danube debating empire europe european gothic govern governmental hungary magyar magyars ministry neo official parlament parliament pest politic politics reconstruction renovating renovation river union water

Similar images from Dreamstime

Under the dome of Hungarian Parliament Hungarian Parliament at night Hungarian Parliament Hungarian Parliament Hungarian parliament Budapest - Hungarian parliament and chain bridge.
Budapest - Hungarian parliament Hungarian parliament in Budapest, Hungary Hungarian parliament in Budapest, Hungary Hungarian parliament in Budapest, Hungary. Retro Hungarian parliament building in Budapest
 
x