Palace of the Parliament
The Palace of the Parliament, initially designed during Communist times as the People's House or the House of the Republic, is the seat of the Parliament of Romania, located atop Dealul Spirii in Bucharest, the national capital.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Building
- Description: multi-purpose building in Romania
- Also known as: “Palace of the pula” and “People’s House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum of Contemporary Art and National Cathedral.
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum in Bucharest, Romania. The museum is located in a new glass wing of the Palace of the Parliament, one of the largest administrative buildings in the world.
National Cathedral
Church
Photo: MIHAIL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Cathedral, also known as the People's Salvation Cathedral, is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, built to serve as the patriarchal cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church. National Cathedral is situated 440 metres southwest of Palace of the Parliament.
National History Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National History Museum of Romania is a museum located at 12 Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times. National History Museum is situated 1 km northeast of Palace of the Parliament.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bucharest Old Town and Cotroceni.
Bucharest Old Town
Suburb
Photo: Giuseppe Milo, CC BY 2.0.
The Old Town is located in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and is known for its nightlife. Ion C. Brătianu Boulevard crosses the historic center from north to south, dividing this area into two approximately equal parts.
Cotroceni
Suburb
Cotroceni is a neighbourhood in western Bucharest, Romania, located around the Cotroceni hill, in Bucharest's Sector 5. The nearest Metro stations are Eroilor, Academia Militară, and Politehnica.
Centrul Civic
Suburb
Photo: VictorCozmei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centrul Civic is a district in central Bucharest, Romania, which was completely rebuilt in the 1980s as part of the scheme of systematization under the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, which included the construction of new civic centres in the Romanian cities.
Palace of the Parliament
- Categories: palace, parliament building, convention center, and theater building
- Location: Sector 5, Municipiul Bucureşti, Bucharest, Wallachian Plain, Muntenia, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Palace of the Parliament” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر البرلمان الروماني”
- Arabic: “قصر البرلمان”
- Armenian: “Խորհրդարանի պալատ”
- Azerbaijani: “Buxarest Parlament Sarayı”
- Basque: “Errumaniako Parlamentuaren Jauregia”
- Belarusian: “Палац Парламента”
- Belarusian: “Палац Парлямэнту (Бухарэст)”
- Belarusian: “Палац Парлямэнту (Румынія)”
- Belarusian: “Палац Парлямэнту”
- Bulgarian: “Палат на парламента”
- Catalan: “Palatul Parlamentului”
- Catalan: “Palau del Parlament”
- Chinese: “羅馬尼亞人民宮”
- Chinese: “羅馬尼亞議會宮”
- Croatian: “Palača parlamenta”
- Czech: “Palác Parlamentu”
- Danish: “Parlamentets Palads”
- Dutch: “Parlementspaleis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر البرلمان الروماني”
- Esperanto: “Parlamenta Palaco”
- Finnish: “Romanian parlamenttitalo”
- French: “palais du Parlement”
- French: “Palais du Parlement”
- German: “Parlamentspalast”
- Greek: “Παλάτι του Κοινοβουλίου”
- Greek: “Παλάτι του Λαού, Βουκουρέστι”
- Greek: “Παλάτι του Λαού”
- Hebrew: “ארמון הפרלמנט”
- Hungarian: “Nép Háza”
- Hungarian: “Parlament Palota”
- Hungarian: “Parlamenti palota”
- Indonesian: “Palatul Parlamentului”
- Italian: “Palazzo del Parlamento”
- Japanese: “ルーマニア国会議事堂”
- Japanese: “国民の館”
- Korean: “의회궁전”
- Korean: “인민궁전”
- Latvian: “Parlamenta pils”
- Macedonian: “Палата на парламентот”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Parlamentspalasset”
- Norwegian: “Parlamentspalasset”
- Polish: “Pałac Parlamentu”
- Portuguese: “Palácio do Parlamento”
- Romanian: “Casa Poporului” (historical)
- Romanian: “Casa Republicii” (historical)
- Romanian: “Palatul Parlamentului”
- Russian: “Дворец парламента”
- Russian: “Дворец Парламента”
- Russian: “Дом народа”
- Russian: “Дом Республики”
- Serbian: “Палата парламента”
- Slovak: “Palatul Parlamentului”
- Slovenian: “Palača parlamenta, Bukarešta”
- Slovenian: “Palača parlamenta”
- Spanish: “Palacio del Parlamento Rumano”
- Swedish: “Parlamentspalatset, Bukarest”
- Swedish: “Parlamentspalatset”
- Thai: “วังรัฐสภา”
- Turkish: “Parlamento Sarayı, Bükreş”
- Turkish: “Parlamento Sarayı”
- Ukrainian: “Палац Парламенту”
- Uzbek: “Parlament saroyi”
- Vietnamese: “Cung Nghị viện România”
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