House of the Nation

After the unification of Budapest into a single city in 1873, the diet sought to establish a symbolic parliament building in order to celebrate the Hungarian nation. The result was the Országház, or the ‘House of the Nation’, which was eventually finished in 1904. Sadly, the architect, Imre Steindl, never got to see his work; he lost his sight before its construction. This photograph was taken on a clear winter’s eve in November 2016, from the opposite bank of the Danube.