Upper House Hall

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Upper House Hall is the former chamber of the dissolved upper house of the Hungarian Parliament, now used mainly for ceremonial events and guided tours within the Hungarian Parliament Building.

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Upper House Hall canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic interior space
parliamentary chamber
architect Imre Steindl
architecturalStyle Neo-Gothic
Neo-Renaissance interior elements
ceilingType vaulted ceiling
constructionEnd 1902
constructionStart 1885
country Hungary
formerFunction chamber of the upper house of the Hungarian Parliament
meeting place of the House of Magnates
hasAdjacentSpace Committee rooms of the House of Commons
surface form: Upper House Committee Rooms

Upper House Lobby
hasFeature central speaker’s podium
coats of arms of Hungarian counties
decorative murals
galleries for spectators
ornamental chandeliers
ornate wooden benches
richly carved wooden paneling
stained glass windows
statues of Hungarian historical figures
hasRoomType assembly hall
hasSeatingArrangement hemicycle layout
heritageStatus part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site
interiorMaterial gold leaf decoration
stone
wood
locatedIn Hungarian Parliament Building
locatedInCity Budapest
locatedInDistrict Kossuth Lajos Square
locatedOnBankOf Danube
managedBy Office of the National Assembly of Hungary
opened 1902
ownership Hungarian state
surface form: State of Hungary
politicalBodyHosted Table of Magnates
surface form: House of Magnates

upper house of the Diet of Hungary
primaryUseToday representative and ceremonial purposes
publicAccess guided tours only
statusOfUpperHouse dissolved
symbolizes Hungarian parliamentary tradition
historical bicameral legislature of Hungary
tourLanguageAvailability multiple languages
UNESCOSite Banks of the Danube, Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
surface form: Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
usedFor ceremonial events
guided tours
official receptions

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Hungarian Parliament Building hasFeature Upper House Hall