Palace of the Parliament - Bucharest, Romania
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N 44° 25.649 E 026° 06.442
35T E 428949 N 4919741
The second largest building in the world.
Located at Calea 13 Septembrie 1, Sector 5 in Bucharest.
Waymark Code: WMQCMV
Location: Romania
Date Posted: 02/05/2016
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Wikipedia (
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"The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) is the seat of the Parliament of Romania. Located on Dealul Arsenalului in central Bucharest (Sector 5), it is the second largest administrative building in the world, after The Pentagon, with 84 m high, an area of 365,000 m2 and is composed of 23 bodies. Having a volume of 2,550,000 m3, it is also the third most massive building in the world, after Cape Canaveral in Florida and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan, Mexico. In terms of weight, the Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building in the world.
A colossal parliament building known for its ornate interior, it houses the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, three museums and an international conference center. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Communist Totalitarianism (established in 2015) and the Museum of the Palace are hosted inside the Palace. Though named the House of the Republic (Romanian: Casa Republicii), after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 it became widely known as the People's House (Romanian: Casa Poporului). Due to its impressive endowments, here are organized conferences, symposiums and other manifestations by state institutions or international bodies, legal entities, Romanian or foreign, but even so about 70% of the building is empty.
In 1990, American business magnate Rupert Murdoch wanted to buy the building with $1 billion, but his bid was rejected. Nowadays, the Palace of the Parliament is valued at €3 billion, making it the most expensive administrative building in the world. Only the cost of heating and electric lighting exceeds $6 million per year, as much as a medium-sized city."