10th of October
The Gala Dinner and and Social Event of the DATEX II User Forum 2024 will be housed by the iconic Palace of Parliament of Bucharest on 10th of October.
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Information regarding the meeting point and access will be available during the Forum.
Access is granted after a security check
The Heaviest and Most Expensive Building in the World
>The building has a total area of 365,000 square meters and holds the 1st place in the Guinness World Records for administrative buildings (for civil use), and the 3rd place in the world in terms of volume; it is the heaviest and most expensive building in the world.
>Based on an older idea, the Palace of the Parliament was built during Nicolae Ceaușescu’s time, in a period of great economic hardship. The dictator’s tendency was, on one hand, to concentrate all the central state organs in a single building, and on the other hand, Ceaușescu desired a seismically secure residence that could withstand even a potential nuclear attack.
>Architecturally, the Palace of the Parliament is one of the most controversial buildings in Romania: the chief architect compared it to Buckingham Palace in London and the Palace of Versailles in France.