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Hungary (13)
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Opera
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The long-awaited moment in Hungarian opera life arrived on September 27, 1884, when, in the presence of Franz Joseph I, the Opera House was opened amid great pomp and ceremony. The event, however, erupted into a small scandal - the curious crowd broke into the entrance hall and overran the security guards in order to catch a glimpse of the splendid Palace on Sugar út. The Hungarian Opera world finally had its own building following decades of forced cohabitation with the National Theatre.
Saint Stephen's Basilica
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It took more than 5 decades and 3 architects to build Budapest's Basilica. Several misfortunate events delayed the works.
József Hild made the designs in 1845 but because of the 1848/49 Revolution and War of Independence works started only in 1851. After the death of Hild, Miklós Ybl, designer of the Opera House took over overseeing the construction.
In 1868 the dome collapsed, luckily nobody died. Ybl drew up new plans and building started again almost from scratch. He couldn't see his work completed, since he died in 1891.
József Krauser finished St Stephen's Basilica in 1906. According to the rumour, at the consecration mass Emperor Francis Joseph kept looking upwards afraid of another collapse of the dome.
The Hungarian Parliament
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The Hungarian Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube, in Budapest. It is currently the largest building in Hungary, and the second largest Parliament in Europe.
Similar to the Palace of Westminster, it was built in Gothic Revival style; it has a symmetrical facade and a central dome. It is 268 m (880 ft) long and 123 m (400 ft) wide. Its interior includes 10 courtyards, 13 passenger and freight elevators, 27 gates, 29 staircases and 691 rooms (including more than 200 offices). With its height of 96 m (310 ft), it is one of the two tallest buildings in Budapest, along with Saint Stephen's Basilica. The number 96 refers to the nation's millennium, 1896, and the conquest of the later Kingdom of Hungary in 896.
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