Neo-Renaissance seat of the parliament in Berlin, popularly known as the Reichstag, was built between 1884-1894, in accordance with the design by Paul Wallot. This impressive edifice stands on the Square of the Republic on the River Spree, somewhat similar to the English and Hungarian parliament buildings. Its history, however, is more dramatic. In 1933 the Reichstag had been almost completely destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt shortly after the fire but the Allied bombing of Berlin in 1945 destroyed the building once again. It was restored only in the 1970s, but without the characteristic dome, which was rebuilt after the reunification of Germany in 1990.