4K street walking night parliament ASMR Budapest autumn 2019
The Hungarian Parliament Building, also known as the Parliament of Budapest after its location, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination in Budapest. It is situated in Kossuth Square, in the Pest side of the city and on the banks of the Danube. It is currently the largest building in Hungary. It was designed by Hungarian architect Imre Steindl in neo-Gothic style and opened in 1902.
History:
Parliament Building in 1905
Budapest was united from three cities in 1873, namely Buda, Óbuda, and Pest.[8] Seven years later the Diet resolved to establish a new, representative parliament building, expressing the sovereignty of the nation. The building was planned to face the river. An international competition was held, and Imre Steindl emerged as the victor;[7] the plans of two other competitors were later also realized in the form of the Ethnographic Museum and the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, both facing the Parliament Building. Construction from the winning plan was started in 1885, and the building was inaugurated on the 1000th anniversary of the country in 1896. It was completed in 1904. (The architect of the building went blind before its completion.)
About 100,000 people were involved in construction, during which 40 million bricks, half a million precious stones and 40 kilograms (88 lb) of gold were used. Since World War II the legislature became unicameral, and today the government uses only a small portion of the building. During the People's Republic of Hungary a red star perched on the top of the dome, but it was removed in 1990 after the fall of communism. Mátyás Szűrös declared the Hungarian Republic from the balcony facing Kossuth Lajos Square on 23 October 1989.
Features:
Court yard side of the Budapest Parliament Building at night.
The Parliament Building is built in the Gothic Revival style; it has a symmetrical façade and a central dome. The dome is Renaissance Revival architecture.[9] Also from inside the parliament is symmetrical and thus has two absolutely identical parliament halls of which one is used for politics, the other for guided tours. It is 268 m (879 ft) long and 123 m (404 ft) wide. Its interior includes 10 courtyards, 13 passenger and freight elevators, 27 gates, 29 staircases and 691 rooms (which includes more than 200 offices). With its height of 96 m (315 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.
The main façade overlooks the River Danube, but the official main entrance is from the square on the east side of the building. Inside and outside, there are altogether 242 sculptures on the walls.
The façade displays statues of Hungarian rulers, Transylvanian leaders and famous military figures. The coats of arms of kings and dukes are depicted over the windows. The eastern staircase is flanked by two lions.
When entering the Parliament, visitors can walk up great ornamental stairs, see frescoes on the ceiling and pass by the bust of the architect, Imre Steindl, in a wall niche. Other statues include those of Árpád, Stephen I and John Hunyadi.
One of the famous parts of the building is the hexadecagonal (sixteen-sided) central hall, with huge chambers adjoining it: the Lower House and the Upper House. The modern National Assembly is unicameral and meets in the Lower House, while the Upper House is used as a conference and meeting room. The Holy Crown of Hungary, which is also depicted in the coat of arms of Hungary, has been displayed in the central hall since 2000.
Further features include the stained glass and glass mosaics by Miksa Róth.
Due to its extensive surface and its detailed handiwork, the building is almost always under renovation.
Accessibility and neighbourhood
See also: Lajos Kossuth Square
The Parliament is accessible with Line 2 of the Budapest Metro and with tram line 2, from the Kossuth Lajos Square station. At the east front of the building is a memorial to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, as well as the imposing Kossuth Memorial and the equestrian statue of Francis II Rákóczi. A seated statue of Attila József as described in his poem By the Danube occupies a site on the south lawn. Martyrs' Square (Vértanúk tere) is immediately adjacent to Kossuth Square, with a statue of Imre Nagy.
Postage stamps:
The building features on more than 50 postage stamps issued by Hungary during 1917–1921. Some of them are: In 1917, 1919, 15 April 1920, and 1921.
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4K street walking night parliament ASMR Budapest autumn 2019
Budapest
According to Wikipedia, Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with its unification on 17 November 1873 of Buda and Óbuda, on the west bank, with Pest, on the east bank. The Buda part of Budapest sits on a hill that overlooks the flat Pest side of Budapest. Local folklore has it that Buda was named after Attila the Hun’s brother and Pest (pronounced Pesht by the locals) denotes the flat Pest’s hot summer time temperatures.
The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi) within the city limits. Cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, its extensive World Heritage Site includes the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes' Square and the Millennium Underground Railway, the second-oldest metro line in the world. It has 80 geothermal springs, the world's largest thermal water cave system, the second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building.
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Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about 525 square kilometres (203 square miles). Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres (2,944 square miles) and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary.The history of the city began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into a Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century. By the 11th century, Buda and Óbuda (Old Buda) became the names of their settlements on the west bank of the river Danube, with a formerly Slavic and then German settlement Pest on the opposite side. The area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241. The Battle of Mohács in 1526 was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the region entered a new age of prosperity. Pest-Buda became a global city with the unification of Buda, Óbuda, and Pest on November 17, 1873, with the name 'Budapest' given to the new capital. Budapest also became the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power that dissolved in 1918, following World War I. The city was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Battle of Budapest in 1945, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.Budapest is a Beta+ global city with strengths in commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. It is Hungary's financial centre and the highest ranked Central and Eastern European city on Innovation Cities Top 100 index, as well ranked as the second fastest-developing urban economy in Europe. Budapest is host to many major international organization's regional offices, including the United Nations and ICDT, furthermore it is the headquarters of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the European Police College and the first foreign office of the China Investment Promotion Agency. Over 40 colleges and universities are located in Budapest, including the Eötvös Loránd University, Semmelweis University and the notable Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Opened in 1896, the city's subway system, the Budapest Metro, serves 1.27 million, while the Budapest Tram Network serves 1.08 million passengers daily.Budapest is cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, ranked as the world's second best city by Condé Nast Traveler, and Europe's 7th most idyllic place to live by Forbes. Among Budapest's important museums and cultural institutions is the Museum of Fine Arts. Further famous cultural institutions are the Hungarian National Museum, House of Terror, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Hungarian State Opera House and National Széchényi Library. The central area of the city along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has many notable monuments, including the Hungarian Parliament, Buda Castle, Fisherman's Bastion, Gresham Palace, Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Matthias Church and the Liberty Statue. Other famous landmarks include Andrássy Avenue, St. Stephen's Basilica, Heroes' Square, the Great Market Hall, the Nyugati Railway Station built by the Eiffel Company of Paris in 1877 and the second-oldest metro line in the world, the Millennium Underground Railway. The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building in the world. Budapest attracts 4.4 million international tourists per year, making it a popular destination in Europe.
Hungarikumokkal a világ körül 1. évad 6. rész - Vietnám: magyarul beszélő helyiek és Robert Capa
Kövessétek a műsort a többi csatornánkon is:
Lao Kai-ban kezdődik a 6. rész, ahol végre hozzájutottunk tejhez, sörhöz és az összes közösségi oldalhoz, amelyek tiltva voltak Kínában.
Innen indultunk tovább Hanoiba, ami egy zseniálisan jó találmány, ha az ember 170 cm alatt van. Ugyanis ezek a buszok úgy vannak kialakítva, hogy éjszaka tudjon az ember bennük aludni, tehát ilyen félig fekvő-fél-kapszulás ágyakról van szó. Viszont ha az ember magas, akkor végigszenvedi az egész utat.
Hanoi-ba teljesen beleszerettünk már első látásra. Nagyon érződik rajta a francia hatás, ugyanis Vietnám régen Francia gyarmat volt.
Megismerkedtünk Attilával, aki 67-ben tanult Magyarországon, az ELTE-n. Innen is kapta az Attila nevet, ugyanis az egyik tanár rajtakapta, amint József Attila kötetet olvas – vietnámiul.
Nguyan Huan-nal is sikerült találkoznunk – a tudományos akadémiának volt tagja. Barack Obama személyesen kért hozzá időpontot és őt tartják Vietnám legbölcsebb emberének.
Villamosmérnök, üzletember és aktivista egy személyben. Műszaki egyetemen végzett 1971-ben, majd 83-87 között szintén Budapesten volt, de akkor a MTA kutatócsoportjánál dolgozott. Hiányzik neki Magyarországról a gasztronómia és a zene, sőt, még Szentendre, Visegrád, Eger, Pécs is. Vietnámban szerinte még mindig kommunista diktatúra van, és sokkal durvább, mint anno a kádári rendszer volt Magyarországon. Úgy gondolkodik, mint Gandhi – aktivista társaival próbálják megnyerni a kommunisták és a rendőrség szívét. Ha minden téren békésebb, akkor gyorsan sikerül.
Este pedig az utunk legeslegjobb részéhez értünk: Attila szervezett egy vacsorát nekünk és velünk. A helyi elittel is megismerkedhettünk, akikben az a közös, hogy mind Magyarországon tanultak a 60-as és a 70-es években. A magyar diploma nagyon elismert volt, így szinte borítékolható volt, hogy akik visszakerülnek Vietnámba, magas pozíciót fognak betölteni. Érdekes érzés volt ennyire távol lenni a hazánktól, mégis magyarorul beszélgetni emberekkel, ráadásul időutazás-szerzű volt az egész, ugyanis az itt töltött éveik alatt megismert dalokat és slágereket énekelték.
Volt szerencsénk ellátogatni a Ha Long öbölbe is, azon belül a Cat Ba szigetre, ahol megtaláltuk pontosan azt a helyet, ahol anno Robert Capa elhunyt. Hihetetlenül érdekes érzés volt azon a helyen állni, ahol anno a világ leghíresebb fotográfusa töltötte élete utolsó perceit.