Palace of the Parliament

Local namePalatul Parlamentului
LocationCentrul Civic, Bucharest, Romania

The Palace of the Parliament, also known as the House of the Republic or People's House/People's Palace, 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, has a floor area of 365,000 m2 and a volume of 2,550,000 m3. The Palace of the Parliament is one of the heaviest buildings in the world, weighing about 4,098,500 tonnes, also being the second largest administrative building in the world.

The building was designed and supervised by chief architect Anca Petrescu, with a team of approximately 700 architects, and constructed over a period of 13 years in modernist Neoclassical architectural forms and styles, with socialist realism in mind. The Palace was ordered by Nicolae Ceaușescu, the president of Communist Romania and the second of two long-ruling heads of state in the country since World War II, during a period in which the personality cult of political worship and adoration increased…

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Bucharest: Parliament Palace Skip-the-line Ticket from 21 USD
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Opening hours

Entrance allowed only with a valid ID or a passport.

Guided tours available after in-advance-phone booking.

Admission

Standard tour:
Full: RON 40
Students: RON 20
Children (7-18 yrs): RON 10

Overview of the city - Terrace Tour:
Tour price: RON 600
Max 6 people

Standart + Underground Tour:
Full: RON 45
Student: RON 23
Children (7-18 yrs): RON 15

Free admission: children under 7, persons with disabilities and accompanying person

Combination ticket for the tours are also available, please, refer to the official website for detailed information.

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament

Official Website http://cic.cdep.ro/en/general-presentation/palace-of-parliament-the-building

Twitter https://twitter.com/CICRomania

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Centrul-International-de-Conferinte-678930418872624/

Email cic.vizite@cdep.ro

Phone +40 21 316 0300

Address Strada Izvor 2-4, Bucharest 050563, Romania

Coordinates 44°25'38.928" N 26°5'14.485" E

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