Parliament, Budapest. Courtesy of Hungarian National Tourist Office
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Parliament
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When:
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Daily
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Where:
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Parliament
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Free for EU residents; Ft2,530; concessions Ft1,260 for non-EU residents
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English language tours daily at 10am, 12pm and 2pm. Tours also in German, French, Russian, Hebrew, Italian and Spanish.
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Dramatically located on the Pest banks of the Danube, the Parliament is the vast 1902 creation of Imre Steindl. The 96-metre high dome and neo-Gothic maze of golden halls house Hungary's national assembly. Protestors and tourists gather outside.
Partly modelled on London's Houses of Parliament, the palace is graced with a spire-topped red dome, overlooking the Danube to one side, Kossuth Square to the other.
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