The Parliament is one of the most famous public buildings in Budapest, the seat of the Hungarian Parliament and some of its institutions (such as the Library of Parliament). It is located in the 5th district of Budapest, on the left bank of the Danube, in Kossuth Lajos Square. Although the name Parliament is common in the vernacular for the building, it is in fact a foreign name for the body sitting there.

Hungary raises the Holy Crown to a worthy place and places it under the protection of the National Assembly, which represents the nation.

The layout of the Parliament is completely symmetrical, as the building was built for a bicameral parliament in 1896. The meeting room of the upper house was located in the northern wing and the meeting room of the lower house in the southern wing. The two meeting rooms are a reflection of each other. Today, the lower house hall is used for parliamentary sittings, the upper house hall is open to tourists, and faction meetings, conferences and receptions are held in it. Interestingly, the floor carpet in the lower house lounge was red and the upper house was blue, as members of the upper house were traditionally noble, who were thought to have blue blood.

Sights in the Parliament

• Decorative stairs
• Dome hall and surrounding rooms
• The Chamber of Deputies
• The former headquarters meeting room
• The Delegation Room
• Reception rooms of the President of the Republic
• The Library of Parliament
• The glass paintings and glass mosaics made by Miksa Róth can be seen in many places in the building.
• The Holy Crown and coronation jewelry
• Works by Hungarian painters in the Parliament, including Mihály Munkácsy: Conquest (1893)