Sneakers 37 : Casa poporuloi
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- Distance
- 2.28 mi
- Elevation gain
- 118 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 118 ft
- Max elevation
- 298 ft
- TrailRank
- 26
- Min elevation
- 194 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 50 minutes
- Time
- 58 minutes
- Coordinates
- 643
- Uploaded
- March 5, 2023
- Recorded
- March 2023
near Bucuresti, București (România)
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The Palace of the Parliament (in Romanian Palatul Parlamentului) is a public building in the city of Bucharest, Romania, seat of the Parliament and the Constitutional Court of Romania. Its original name was Casa del Popolo (Casa Poporului), but this denomination was abandoned with the end of the communist era, although it is still commonly used by many Romanians.
It is the heaviest structure in the world[1], with an area of 350,000 m² and also the second largest building in the world by extension and the third largest by volume. The real estate valuation is estimated at around $3 billion.
The designer of the building is the architect Anca Petrescu, winner of the competition held for its construction in 1981. The structure combines elements and motifs of different origins, in an eclectic architectural style which represents one of the later examples of socialist classicism, already rejected in USSR in the second half of the fifties.
It measures 270 by 240m, is 84m high and extends 92m underground. It has 1,000 rooms, with two further underground levels in use. Two of its galleries (there are more than 60) measure 150m long and 18m wide; forty of its 64 salons have an area of 600 m². The Union Hall measures 2200 m². Material estimates report about one million cubic meters of marble from Transylvania, most of it from Rușchița; 3,500 tons of crystal, 480 chandeliers, 1,409 lights and mirrors; 700,000 tons of steel and bronze for monumental doors and windows; 900,000 cubic meters of wood for parquet and cladding, mainly from walnut, oak, cherry and elm; 200,000 m² of wool carpets of various sizes; velvet and brocade curtains adorned with silver and gold.
It is the second largest administrative building in the world by area, just after the Pentagon in Washington.[2][3] It has a volume that exceeds by 2% that of the Pyramid of Cheops.[4] The palace was built entirely with materials of Romanian origin; during the years of construction, there was such a demand for marble for this building that the tombstones had to be made with other materials. The building, with its immense size, is located in the middle of the city.
History
Construction starting in 1984
The building was constructed on a hill known as Collina degli Spiriti, Collina di Urano, or Collina di Arsenale, which was largely razed to allow construction of the building, which began in 1984. Some 700 architects and more worked on it. of 20,000 workers organized in shifts, 24 hours a day, for five years. The building was originally known as the House of the Republic (Casa Republicii) and was to serve as the headquarters for all major state institutions, such as the Presidency of the Republic, the Grand National Assembly, the Council of Ministers and the Supreme Court. By the time of Nicolae Ceaușescu's overthrow and execution in 1989, the project was nearly complete.
History since 1989
Since 1994 the Palace has housed the Chamber of Deputies of Romania which was previously located in the Patriarch's Palace; the Senate of Romania has been based in the Palace of the Parliament since 2004, while before it was located in the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The Palace also contains a large amount of conference rooms and halls used for various purposes.
In 2002 Costa-Gavras shot some scenes of Amen. inside the building, to represent the Vatican palaces.
In 2003-2004, a glass annex building was built, with external elevators. This work was created to facilitate access to the National Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 2004 in the west wing of the Palace, as well as to the Museum and Park of Totalitarian and Socialist Realism, opened in the same year.
The building also houses the headquarters of the South-Eastern Europe Cooperative Initiative (SECI), an organization that promotes regional cooperation of governments against border crimes.
Tourist visits are organized in English, French, Italian (since 2009) and Romanian, lasting approximately 1 or 2 hours.
Source : wikipedia
It is the heaviest structure in the world[1], with an area of 350,000 m² and also the second largest building in the world by extension and the third largest by volume. The real estate valuation is estimated at around $3 billion.
The designer of the building is the architect Anca Petrescu, winner of the competition held for its construction in 1981. The structure combines elements and motifs of different origins, in an eclectic architectural style which represents one of the later examples of socialist classicism, already rejected in USSR in the second half of the fifties.
It measures 270 by 240m, is 84m high and extends 92m underground. It has 1,000 rooms, with two further underground levels in use. Two of its galleries (there are more than 60) measure 150m long and 18m wide; forty of its 64 salons have an area of 600 m². The Union Hall measures 2200 m². Material estimates report about one million cubic meters of marble from Transylvania, most of it from Rușchița; 3,500 tons of crystal, 480 chandeliers, 1,409 lights and mirrors; 700,000 tons of steel and bronze for monumental doors and windows; 900,000 cubic meters of wood for parquet and cladding, mainly from walnut, oak, cherry and elm; 200,000 m² of wool carpets of various sizes; velvet and brocade curtains adorned with silver and gold.
It is the second largest administrative building in the world by area, just after the Pentagon in Washington.[2][3] It has a volume that exceeds by 2% that of the Pyramid of Cheops.[4] The palace was built entirely with materials of Romanian origin; during the years of construction, there was such a demand for marble for this building that the tombstones had to be made with other materials. The building, with its immense size, is located in the middle of the city.
History
Construction starting in 1984
The building was constructed on a hill known as Collina degli Spiriti, Collina di Urano, or Collina di Arsenale, which was largely razed to allow construction of the building, which began in 1984. Some 700 architects and more worked on it. of 20,000 workers organized in shifts, 24 hours a day, for five years. The building was originally known as the House of the Republic (Casa Republicii) and was to serve as the headquarters for all major state institutions, such as the Presidency of the Republic, the Grand National Assembly, the Council of Ministers and the Supreme Court. By the time of Nicolae Ceaușescu's overthrow and execution in 1989, the project was nearly complete.
History since 1989
Since 1994 the Palace has housed the Chamber of Deputies of Romania which was previously located in the Patriarch's Palace; the Senate of Romania has been based in the Palace of the Parliament since 2004, while before it was located in the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The Palace also contains a large amount of conference rooms and halls used for various purposes.
In 2002 Costa-Gavras shot some scenes of Amen. inside the building, to represent the Vatican palaces.
In 2003-2004, a glass annex building was built, with external elevators. This work was created to facilitate access to the National Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 2004 in the west wing of the Palace, as well as to the Museum and Park of Totalitarian and Socialist Realism, opened in the same year.
The building also houses the headquarters of the South-Eastern Europe Cooperative Initiative (SECI), an organization that promotes regional cooperation of governments against border crimes.
Tourist visits are organized in English, French, Italian (since 2009) and Romanian, lasting approximately 1 or 2 hours.
Source : wikipedia
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