The construction of the building began in 1984 and was meant to be the largest administrative building in the world, a record it still holds to this day. It was a massive undertaking that required almost one hundred thousand workers, with almost 20,000 of them working in three shifts around the clock.
However, the construction of the Palace of the Parliament was not without controversy. It involved the demolition of a significant portion of Bucharest’s historic city center, including churches, synagogues, and residential neighborhoods. The cost of the building was also exorbitant, estimated to consume about 40% of Romania’s GDP at the time. Many criticized the construction of such a grandiose building in a country where the population was struggling with poverty and economic hardship.
The building’s maintenance, particularly for heating and electricity, costs more than $6 million per year, enough to power a city of 250,000 people
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But muh 20 meter long and 10 meter wide silken drapes…
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It’s even more wild that even today the Romanian Government can only use so much in it, like 38% of the entire structure, the rest is simply left like that. It even has a network of underground tunnels, because Ceaucescu was one paranoid mf
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The construction of the building began in 1984 and was meant to be the largest administrative building in the world, a record it still holds to this day. It was a massive undertaking that required almost one hundred thousand workers, with almost 20,000 of them working in three shifts around the clock.
However, the construction of the Palace of the Parliament was not without controversy. It involved the demolition of a significant portion of Bucharest’s historic city center, including churches, synagogues, and residential neighborhoods. The cost of the building was also exorbitant, estimated to consume about 40% of Romania’s GDP at the time. Many criticized the construction of such a grandiose building in a country where the population was struggling with poverty and economic hardship.
The building’s maintenance, particularly for heating and electricity, costs more than $6 million per year, enough to power a city of 250,000 people
But muh 20 meter long and 10 meter wide silken drapes…
It’s even more wild that even today the Romanian Government can only use so much in it, like 38% of the entire structure, the rest is simply left like that. It even has a network of underground tunnels, because Ceaucescu was one paranoid mf
The Palace was inspired by the [Kumsusan Palace of the Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumsusan_Palace_of_the_Sun) in Pyongyang.
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If the EU feels the need to have an outpost in the Balkans, I can’t think of a place that would make more sense to move into.
Yo, that burger is enough to feed me for three days