Comments on: The Legacy Of The World’s Largest: Palace Of The Parliament Building In Bucharest, Romania https://foxnomad.com/2012/02/24/the-legacy-of-the-worlds-largest-palace-of-the-parliament-building-in-bucharest-romania/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2012/02/24/the-legacy-of-the-worlds-largest-palace-of-the-parliament-building-in-bucharest-romania/#comment-238869 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:45:28 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=20325#comment-238869 In reply to Lala.

It is certainly a monumental feat of architecture and ironically stands to remind people of the opposite of what Ceausescu intended.

Great aerial view by the way, I guess I was standing right there on the right when I snapped this picture 🙂

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2012/02/24/the-legacy-of-the-worlds-largest-palace-of-the-parliament-building-in-bucharest-romania/#comment-238867 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:40:54 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=20325#comment-238867 In reply to Petreanu.

That is a very interesting point; that the construction of this building may have been a catalyst for Ceausescu’s demise. I can certainly imagine what kind of resentment a building like this would have generated and is still felt today.

]]> By: Lala https://foxnomad.com/2012/02/24/the-legacy-of-the-worlds-largest-palace-of-the-parliament-building-in-bucharest-romania/#comment-238733 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:20:09 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=20325#comment-238733 …each time I take a look at it I remember the line from 2012: “It’s Russian!” :D. The building not only displays the love dictators have for the power display but also its ‘russian comunism’ influences. There’s much controversy around it, starting from its ‘not so beautiful’ architecture and ending up to the fact that it is still consuming a lot of resources. The one thing that cannot be denied, however, it’s that it is indeed stunning.
Here’s an aerial view of the building I made using Bing Maps: https://picasaweb.google.com/118120213104825906663/CasaPoporului#5714125527317725442

]]> By: Petreanu https://foxnomad.com/2012/02/24/the-legacy-of-the-worlds-largest-palace-of-the-parliament-building-in-bucharest-romania/#comment-238691 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:23:23 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=20325#comment-238691 Many in Bucharest deeply hate it. As you mentioned, the best part of the city was demolished to make room for this building and the psycho boulevard that leads to it. It cost an enormous amount of money and probably sped up Ceausescu’s fall, as people were starving and freezing while all the public funding went in this piece of crazy architecture. Nobody really got used to it even now, 25 years after, though tourists made it a must-see place in Bucharest. Anyway, it still requiers a shitload of money just to work properly – heating is as expensive as for one of the biggest neighborhoods in the city.

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2012/02/24/the-legacy-of-the-worlds-largest-palace-of-the-parliament-building-in-bucharest-romania/#comment-238557 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:12:49 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=20325#comment-238557 In reply to Alexa Meisler.

It is an impressive feat of architecture and took years of work (literally) around the clock to complete the palace. Unfortunately much of the extravagance spent on it and contributing to its weight was at the expense of the people in the country.

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