The Hungarian Parliament Building, which is also called the Parliament of Budapest because it is in Budapest, is where the National Assembly of Hungary meets. It is a famous building in Hungary and a popular place for tourists to visit in Budapest. 

It is on Kossuth Square on the eastern shore of the Danube in the Pest part of the city. The Hungarian builder Imre Steindl made it in the neo-Gothic style, and it opened in 1902. Since it was finished, it has been Hungary’s biggest building. Budapest was made up of three cities before 1873: Buda, Óbuda, and Pest.

After seven years, the Diet decided to build a new, more appropriate government building to show that the country was in charge. The building was meant to face the Danube. There was an international competition, and Imre Steindl’s plans won. Later, the Ethnographic Museum and the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, which face the Parliament Building, were built based on the plans of two other participants. 

Building began in 1885 on the winning plan, and the building was officially opened in 1896, on what was thought to be the country’s 1,000th anniversary. It wasn’t fully done until 1904. First, the creator of the building went blind, and then he or she died before the building was finished. In #urbanexplorer