Noble Hungarians advocated the construction of the parliament building even before the events of the war against Austria for Hungarian independence of the mid-nineteenth century. But only after the founding of Budapest in 1873, work began on the planning of the building. The Budapest Parliament is an excellent example of neo-Gothic architecture. About forty kilograms of gold and forty thousand tons of bricks were used in its construction. Construction took place twenty-one years, but the architect Imre Steindal died five weeks before the grand opening of his masterpiece.
A short walk in the evening winter Budapest. We pass Karoli Boulevard, a monument to Empress Elizabeth, Freedom Square, monuments and a secret bunker of the Cold War, parliament square and the history of Hungarian independence. The winter is cool on the Danube but the stunning parliament building admires by its beauty and grandeur. We stopped for a minute of silence at the Danube embankment next to the chilling soul monument to the victims of the Holocaust. To the end of the walking have visited a cozy Christmas city center with its Christmas markets and have ended the tour with mystical Anchor House and the luminous synagogue.
Don't be afraid to get lost in new places!
