Palace of the Parliament
E160596
The Palace of the Parliament is a colossal administrative building in Bucharest, Romania, known as one of the largest and heaviest buildings in the world and a symbol of the Ceaușescu era.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palace of the Parliament canonical | 8 |
| Casa Poporului | 1 |
| Romanian Government headquarters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1403431 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palace of the Parliament Context triple: [Bucharest, hasLandmark, Palace of the Parliament]
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A.
Palace of the Nation
The Palace of the Nation is a historic neoclassical government building in Brussels that serves as the seat of Belgium’s federal parliament.
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B.
Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest
The Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest is the principal Orthodox cathedral of Romania, serving as the spiritual and administrative center of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the seat of the Patriarch.
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C.
Hungarian Parliament Building
The Hungarian Parliament Building is a grand Neo-Gothic riverside legislature complex in Budapest and one of Hungary’s most iconic landmarks.
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D.
Palace of the Republic
The Palace of the Republic was a prominent modernist parliamentary and cultural building in former East Berlin that housed the East German legislature and served as a major social and event venue.
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E.
Ministry of the Interior building
The Ministry of the Interior building is a prominent government office block in Havana best known for its iconic Che Guevara mural overlooking the Plaza de la Revolución.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palace of the Parliament Target entity description: The Palace of the Parliament is a colossal administrative building in Bucharest, Romania, known as one of the largest and heaviest buildings in the world and a symbol of the Ceaușescu era.
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A.
Palace of the Nation
The Palace of the Nation is a historic neoclassical government building in Brussels that serves as the seat of Belgium’s federal parliament.
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B.
Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest
The Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest is the principal Orthodox cathedral of Romania, serving as the spiritual and administrative center of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the seat of the Patriarch.
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C.
Hungarian Parliament Building
The Hungarian Parliament Building is a grand Neo-Gothic riverside legislature complex in Budapest and one of Hungary’s most iconic landmarks.
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D.
Palace of the Republic
The Palace of the Republic was a prominent modernist parliamentary and cultural building in former East Berlin that housed the East German legislature and served as a major social and event venue.
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E.
Ministry of the Interior building
The Ministry of the Interior building is a prominent government office block in Havana best known for its iconic Che Guevara mural overlooking the Plaza de la Revolución.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government building
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landmark ⓘ parliament building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architect | Anca Petrescu ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Neoclassical
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socialist realism ⓘ
surface form:
Socialist realism
Totalitarian architecture ⓘ |
| city | Bucharest ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Nicolae Ceaușescu ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 44.4275°N 26.0875°E ⓘ |
| country | Romania ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 365000 m² ⓘ |
| floorsAboveGround | 12 ⓘ |
| floorsBelowGround | 8 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Palace of the Parliament
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Casa Poporului
Parliament of India ⓘ
surface form:
House of the People
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| function | seat of the Parliament of Romania ⓘ |
| hasBallrooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasBunker | yes ⓘ |
| hasConferenceRooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasUndergroundLevels | yes ⓘ |
| height | approximately 84 m ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic monument of Romania ⓘ |
| houses |
Chamber of Deputies of Romania
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Constitutional Court of Romania ⓘ Romanian Legislative Council ⓘ Senate of Romania ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the heaviest buildings in the world
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being one of the largest administrative buildings in the world ⓘ extravagant and monumental architecture ⓘ symbol of the Ceaușescu era ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Bucharest ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Sector 5, Bucharest ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Dealul Arsenalului ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
Romanian marble
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crystal chandeliers ⓘ wood from Romanian forests ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Parliament of Romania ⓘ |
| numberOfRooms | over 1000 ⓘ |
| operator | Chamber of Deputies of Romania ⓘ |
| owner | Romanian state ⓘ |
| partlyHouses |
Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance
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surface form:
Museum of Communist Totalitarianism (planned/hosted exhibitions)
National Museum of Contemporary Art (Romania) ⓘ |
| touristVisitsPerYear | hundreds of thousands of visitors ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural events and exhibitions
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international conferences ⓘ official state ceremonies ⓘ |
| volume | approximately 2,550,000 m³ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Palace of the Parliament Description of subject: The Palace of the Parliament is a colossal administrative building in Bucharest, Romania, known as one of the largest and heaviest buildings in the world and a symbol of the Ceaușescu era.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Casa Poporului
this entity surface form:
Romanian Government headquarters