Parliament Palace - part II

Hello dear readers and lovers of Romania country, without much ado, today we continue, as we established last week by presenting Parliament Palace.

Entry September 13

Comprises a large hall, flanked by columns carved in marble, monumental staircase leads connected to the floor, the staircase is open to all levels, creating a spectacular space.

Above the stairs you can see a dome made of blue glass and a chandelier. Scale, what would a copy of the Winter Palace - Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, is 30 m high and 27 m wide and lead to the presidential office, the Senate President's office today. Inside the hall, symmetrical front entry, there are two reception rooms.

The originality of the entry hall ceiling consists of ground which is reflected as in a mirror set in the ground, a mosaic inspired by the one found at Histria and reminiscent of ancient Greek colonies present on our territory.

Human Rights Room

The hall has an area of ​​625 square meters and is the room where the meetings were to keep the Executive Political Committee of the former regime.

The room is completely paneled with oak, colored in different shades.

The rooms feature module consists of two pillars of oak, which is repeated every 6 m along the entire perimeter of the room, Italian Renaissance architectural element encountered. On the outer side frames are 5 windows with wood carvings strongly marked.

An additional element in this room are mirrors patinated plaster, stucco ornaments.

The ceiling is richly decorated with stucco elements framed by a square consists of a series of wooden boxes, each having one cover.

Monumental chandelier, crystal Medias, the second largest building (about 2 tons) and circular table (oak with cherry wood layouts) is a unit in this space. The wood used here is the origin of native oak, stained in different shades. This hall architect introduced the revival style, sandwiching the traditional artistic elements of Romanian architecture. Escutcheons and handles, as well as cache radiators are made by artists by architects drawings.

Background is different from the rest of the treatment room decorative panels with fully paneled and carved wood that was to put the map of Romania.

Respect carpet in this room decor oak colored in different shades and chandelier model.

All rugs were made from wool Cisnadie in small pieces and then assembled (sewn) in each room, according to the size of the room.

Besides the present 60 seats around the table, perfectly identical, made of oak and velvet upholstery, ought to exist one: a chair with upholstery made of gold and silver to dominate the other, located in May than the others, which ought to be the president, the right wall that was supposed to support and country map.

Hall of Fame and lobby Official Added

It is a long corridor of 150 m and 18 m wide, with sliding doors oak three distinct areas, with crystal glass, metal frame built.

Gallery leads to the key areas of buildings. It is located in the east side of the building, opening to Union Square. This space began to take shape through a competitive proposal finish, this materialize by presenting models of scale 1/21 the natural size on site.

As a finish, stucco ceilings are made of plaster, with floral elements, with the elements of architecture inspired the Brancoveanu.

Floor of the center is conceived as a large carpet with beige marble and deer, and a decorative border, composition composition in which, besides the white marble and the Ruschita beige suede, getting into and chewing and Moneasa carbon black.

Then the 34 columns supporting the arches are of octagonal shape and is made of white marble carved decorative elements. This has been used Ruschita pink marble.

Gallery is naturally illuminated by 14 windows and doors windows. Enlightenment is completed and 67 crystal chandeliers. Her decor takes on each side of the Gallery of Honour in Parliament House Plan Zone 1.

An interesting element is the two sliding doors separating the three sections. These doors are made of oak wood on steel frame with glass crystal with applied wood decoration. Radiator niches which masks masks are made of brass with floral elements, with all Brancoveanu style as a source of inspiration for artists performed. The lamps are made of brass and crystal Medias.

Curtains and carpets are made in shades of red siena English.

This gallery official entry crosses (C4) from Unirii Boulevard.

Here are the two monumental stairs, each with one high window of 16 m, covered with drapes that are washed by hand, each weighing about 250 kg. This part of the Palace (both Hall of Fame and stairs) was rebuilt more than five times due to Ceausescu's desire to see work performed on a 1:1 scale models. The stairs have a height of only 14-16 cm steps, specially ordered to match the low height of the driver, who did not want to get tired climbing. They drive on the 1st floor of the Palace, where the AI ​​Cuza room, meeting room plenary of the Chamber of Deputies, etc..

If you're wondering why I did not insert images in this article, the reason is trivial. I try to evoke interest to visit it. God bless you!