Palace of the Parliament

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:building
gptkbp:address gptkb:2-4_Izvor_Street,_Bucharest
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Anca_Petrescu
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Nicolae_Ceaușescu_regime
gptkbp:chamber gptkb:Chamber_of_Deputies
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1984
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Museum_of_Communist_Totalitarianism
gptkb:Museum_of_the_Palace
gptkb:National_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art
gptkbp:cost estimated $3 billion
gptkbp:country gptkb:Romania
gptkbp:function gptkb:tourist_attraction
seat of the Parliament of Romania
gptkbp:height 84 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Palace of the Parliament
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bucharest
gptkbp:material gptkb:glass
gptkb:steel
bronze
wood
marble
crystal
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:People's_House
gptkbp:notableEvent hosted NATO Summit 2008
hosted international conferences
gptkbp:notableFeature extensive underground network
largest chandelier in Europe
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 12
365,000 m²
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 1,100
gptkbp:openToPublic guided tours available
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:House_of_the_Republic
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Romanian_state
gptkbp:powerSource very high
gptkbp:purpose seat of all state institutions
gptkbp:rankByArea second largest administrative building in the world
gptkbp:rankByVolume third largest building in the world
gptkbp:rankByWeight heaviest building in the world
gptkbp:style neoclassical
totalitarian architecture
gptkbp:symbolizes gptkb:Ceaușescu's_regime
gptkbp:undergroundBunkers yes
gptkbp:undergroundFloors 8
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not listed
gptkbp:volume 2,550,000 m³
gptkbp:yearCompleted 1997
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Romania
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4