Sunday 23 August 2015

Bucharest: The Ceausescu Parliament Palace Building


Of course, any visit to Bucharest wouldn't be complete without seeing the massive Ceausescu Parliament Palace building:


Just read that this is the largest civilian building with an administrative function in the world.

Below, you can see tourists making their way to an entrance to go on a guided tour of the Palace:


And below, there is a shot from an upper-window of the Palace, showing how Ceausescu had wanted this part of Bucharest to be something like Paris:


Our Polish guide explained that a beautiful part of Bucharest 'Old Town' (including an old monastery) was destroyed to make way for the Palace as construction began in 1980.

Below, there is a mobile shot of a theatre room inside the Palace:


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