Below there are actually two antiatomic bunkers, the base consist of two meters deep rainforced concrete (reinforced with railway lines) , under it 30 meters below are the bunkers, it can resist to an 8,2 earthquake in Richter scale and the second bunker resist to a direct small atomic bomb.It was developed in a way to permit Ceausescu to runaway in case of necessity in about 7 minutes to the bunkers and in 15 minutes by underground tunnels outside Bucharest.....the legend says...
A physical testament to the fact that without any amount of democratic legitimacy, even systems that purport to hasten equality can easily devolve into something more akin to feudalism. This is really a castle. Great video.
The fact is you'd live in one room. A lot of dust is actually dead skin.... and it's not a naturally dusty country like Australia or somewhere with sandstorms. Close the doors and you'd be fine.... for a year.
Due to its size, the cost of maintenance could be helped in part if it was turned into a university, shops, restarurants offices that serve the people whom the dictator suppressed and also as a tourist attraction and make some part of it a hotel for tourists.
It is just sad to see. I know many of the small kids from the orphanage, they did not even got propper food or clothes. They died because they was badly threated.
Actually..... as someone who has a sister with a psychology degree and having listened to a psychology professor talk about this..... they really died of lack of love and personal attention. Not starvation or neglect. They ran those places like a production line. Minimal clothing but enough food but no one who personally spent time with them, and in effect they're socially deprived and die from essentially being treated like robots. ALL THIS wouldn't have happened if he hadn't banned contraception and then rigidly checked all women monthly to make sure there were no abortions....
i like how non-roumanians dont undestund why this is the heaviest building. it is 2 or 3 times the size under the ground , only second to pentagon as security , space and heaviness. You can drop a fat boy on it , and everyone below ,will just flip you of.
At least is not bad at all. I do not want to offend anyone, I respect the Romanians, and their country, but even though it is considered a monstruosity, I have to admit that they built a beautiful palace, not comparable to Italian architecture, but not bad at all. I think we cannot judge by saying this palace is not magnificent because it was built by the Dictator, and the Romanian people. Look at St Peterburgh, it is really beautiful to see and to visit, but for building that, it took many time, money and soul of thousands of people, and Russia was really poor. But I, as tourist, love the city even though I am walking literary on the death bodies which are located underground. Same thing for London, Paris, Berlin and many other cities.
A slight snag, architecturally speaking, none of those buildings were brutalist. You can indeed consider the buildings including the palace of parliament akin to that of Stalinist Social Realism. A neo-classical approach that was perverted to a totalitarian narrative. Nevertheless, the video still gives us an indication as to how a supposed Communist enriched himself personally to the detriment of his people.
The Palace of the Parliament is the seat of the Parliament of Romania. Located on Dealul Arsenalului in central Bucharest (Sector 5), it is the second largest administrative building in the world, after The Pentagon in the United States, with 84 m high, an area of 365,000 m2 and is composed of 23 bodies. Having a volume of 2,550,000 m3, it is also the third most massive building in the world, after Cape Canaveral in Florida and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan, Mexico. In terms of weight, the Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building in the world - la Casa Poporului.
The best thing for this place is to go the way of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. That had been a playground for the super rich billionaires -- in today's dollars -- at the turn of 19th century. Instead of making it into a museum, they turned it into a beautiful liberal arts college. People touring the city can appreciate its beauty, students can get an education in one of the loveliest old cities in North America.
Cool! I was there 15 years ago in the area. Let me ask you this. Can I explore the building? Is there anything that has nostalgia of what it was before it became a college?
I don’t think you understand Ceausescu. Once you’ve built the inner sanctum, you know things that you shouldn’t know. 3000 people didn’t just die, they were eliminated.
Did you spell her name correctly? Nadia Comăneci is correct spelling. She was actually featured in a small celebration as a host at a function that was being held at the Palace of Parliament when we were there
Unless you are interested in the former dictator or in gaudy / historical / ugly buildings, you did not miss much. You have to be interested in either of these to make it really worth it. I came to Bucharest to see this and only this.
To all...you maybe like this monstruosity...but not us the romanians...remember that 57000 peoples lost their homes and were forcibly removed and 7 square km of old houses churches monuments and public buildings were razed to have ...a 5 bilion usd building which is not finished!!! And add to that the boulevard the additional buildings and the ugly flats which costed another 2 billion usd. 1984 to 1997 usd. Today probably the price would be around 10 billion. So much human suffering. And it is NOT NEOCLASSICAL. The architects who were forced to work at it called this a mambo jambo of stiles
Amazing palace. I was wondering if the real reason the dictator was deposed and executed was because other would be dictators wanted to take possession of all this ?
Long and short was he was highly hated and ANOTHER communist party member basically caused a coup. It LOOKED LIKE the people uprising but there was another political guy behind it. He did pay off all the country's debt but he was a mongrel and his wife was nearly twice as bad. Banned contraception and abortions. Population of orphanages exploded, and ultimately 80% of the kids died in the orphanages (lack of love and attention psychologists believe). To enforce it they checked ALL women monthly for pregnancy INCLUDING SCHOOLGIRLS who had no idea why they were being checked and felt they must have done something wrong. These young girls had no idea about sex. These checks were done to see you hadn't had an abortion. The amount of other stupid things...... the wife used the secret police to spy on daughters dates.... she was a real rotten egg.
Ironically, in spite of all his atrocities the dictator will be remembered for several generations just because of this grand edifice....Symbols of communist rule were demolished everywhere else but no one will want this one destroyed. Think about hagia sophia of istambul - the enemies maintained it as place of worship !
@@andreicristian3932 it is not neoclassical; not even the architects who worked there - and I know some - can not tell what it is; the building has no unity whatsoever; it was build actually as 23 sections by 23 teams of architects and constructors, aprox 20000 ppl; it was a nightmare to do it and Ceausescu always budged in and he was, remember, a 4 class educated former shoemaker!!; but yeah, we are stucked with it...
@@radudiaconu2851 We're talking about the architecture of the building and not its actual history, although it's not an interbellum building, it follows a neoclassical movement with all the columns and its details, like it or not , the palace is an important landmark and a pretty impressive one.
Why would they ever need so much space?!? It's obvious nobody ever questioned the Ceaucescu's. Even though the construction is over-the-top, I'm glad the bldg has been preserved. Hopefully, it can be put to good use.
Nicolae Ceausescu got some of his worst ideas from a state visit to China and North Korea back in the 1970s. The fact that this is reminiscent of North Korean palaces is no accident.
@@donaldlogan3626 with all due respect I live in England and I saw more than 1 homeless person ..actually I think the UK has more Homeless people than Romania!
There was the Arc Gate outside the city in the park area with the circle. And there was that Opera/Concert House near the Hilton. But you're right to me this building gives Bucharest the character. Personally, I love the building!
@@swissclimber1 You know, if it wasn't for all the massacre thing in December 1989, Ceausescu would've been held as a hero today with hardly any reserves. He already kind of is: voted the 11th greatest Romanian ever in a big 2006 nation-wide poll and recent polls have him as the most favorably-regarded Romanian President. If only he was less daft and could see that his time was up...
@@botatobias2539 you REALLY ARE on drugs. Voted 11th most loved..... CRAZY. Most people HATED the guy and for GOOD reason. You know how many visit his grave on the day of his death each year? 6 or 8 people. Seen a news thing on it. Most Romanians want to forget about him. Most REALLY hated him. He was not and WILL NOT be held as a hero. The wasted lives and wasted money were something only a half baked dictator could manage...
An amazing building but utterly bombastic and totally devoid of any warmth. I visited it in 2019 and was equally enthralled and disgusted at the same time. Oh, yes, there are some impressive features, but the grandiosity and magnificence of much of it is sterile and offputting. They should turn it into a DisneyWorld hotel.
@@swissclimber1 Which politicians? Ceausescu or the corrupted politicians after December 89 who sold Romania. Ceausescu will be a hero, the only communist president to fight with Russia, and refuse to pay interest to FMI. We did not have any debt in 1989, We had millions of $ in bank which were stolen by the politicians who killed him and his wife without trial.
@@mirceapintelie361 yeah. Just like the communist chinese junk I get is built to do something, barely manages half of that and blows up in 2 weeks. You really DON'T KNOW much about eastern bloc communist era buildings. Many of the russian stuff built in the late 60s is falling to bits if it isn't maintained. And this is less than 20 years newer.
I must say: very well proportioned and majestic!! Often buildings of dictators showing power are overdone and with pour sense of good proportions. But this one, although opulent, is not overloaded. And the mix of styles is well done and fascinating, wich just few tipical romanian elements. I like it very much!!
This stands now as a mausoleum… every brick represents a persons poverty cruelty starvation torture and death enforced upon the beautiful people of Romania by an evil and corrupt regime. May this Country prosper, it’s time for Romanians to be truly free and truly happy
By sheer virtue of all who suffered, viewing this makes me nauseous. He was a monster. I have never been back and I’m not sure I’ll ever step foot in Romania again. Some things are just best left in the past.
Thank you for comments. I assume you are from Romania originally. May I ask what part and how old you were when you left? I understand you. I lived in Singapore in the 90's. I went back a few times but it's so different. I liked the old one and I hate the new one. You hated the old Romania, and still do.Think though the people won! Many Romanians are now free and happy and have moved on
@@swissclimber1 Unfortunately after the dictators execution, a new communist sympathizer claimed hail and set the trend till now, corruption and negligence of people still remain and people will not bend until we are at par. At par, as described by our neighbors Ukraine, with Germany, Poland, and many others who fell, were bombarded, and rejuvinated because the government put effort into its people. We will wait.
@@swissclimber1 My bro, stfu and don t speak if u don t know history:)Am trait si cu Ceausescu si fara..Sa fi prost sa zici ca a fost mai bine:)Sau pesedist.
Ceausescu was not a dictator. He was dictator for people which want his power like Iliescu. Ceausescu was the best president ever. America killed our best president . America give to us poor, took all Romanians money… bechtel… nato … america destroied romanian army… we hope that you will have visa if want to enter o. Romania.
Outstanding video! It's likely I'll never make it to Bucharest so very interesting to see the extreme excesses of the Communist regime. The Romanian tour guide's accent is very strange. I wonder where he studied English.
Yes... I'll have to listen to his accent. I think it had some UK influence. If you can't go to a place YT videos are the next best thing. Way better that tourist authority sponsored videos that show things perfectly. Best to see it like it is!
It's the typical English with a strong Romanian accent and some "Queen's English" flavors that they teach us in schools. I am Romanian and it's probably how I also sound when speaking English. I hope not. Dracula's accent in the movies is not very good and we don't sound Russian either.
Hopefully the people of Romania get the chance to tour that place. They can see what opulence was enjoyed by their self-appointed leader while they lived like slaves.
It seems that they forgot to look a ancient buildings as well when they calculated the heaviest building. This building is 4,098,500,000 kilograms. While the estimated weight of the pyramid of Khufu is 5,216,308,000 kilograms. Its probably not on the record list because nobody can prove to the judges the official exact weight.
Poor poor Ceaceascu must not have been that well endowed it seems , if you know what i mean. I can imagine elena barking orders when it was built " No i told you i want the Chandeliers over there not over there you feeble pleb , your fired."
@@dontshotforinside Actually, it's used by the Romanian Parliament. The Government is located at Victoria Palace, which is located elsewhere(Google maps gives me 4 km distance between the two)
Destroy this edifice of evil. Then erect signs stating to any other pretender that seeks to rule Romainians by force they also shall be dealt to in like manner.
An example of a madmans gross excess whilst his citizens lived in abject poverty. The Wiki page is well worth a read, eg the building is so heavy it sinks 6mm every year! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament
@@swissclimber1 It appears to be well built so should see a few centuries. Maintenance is the main problem with buildings like this.....it costs a fortune just to heat and light the place. Opinion on it was mixed....some Romanians understandably wanted it razed to the ground but even the cost of that would have been prohibitive. I think what they're doing now is the best way forward. I recently found two CZcams clips about Elena Ceausescu which were interesting. She was an absolute bitch and seriously power hungry and dominated Nicolae. Part 1; czcams.com/video/LSoxcc6ZPoI/video.html&ab_channel=DeadAirLive Part 2; czcams.com/video/3AIoZ7McaQ8/video.html&ab_channel=DeadAirLive
@@Bulletguy07 Haha Nicolai was like some married men. Bullied by wife ! One easy way to know which party is dominant in the relationship. Look at the bedroom. If woman sleeps closer to door, she is boss. If man sleeps closer to door, he is boss. Nicolai slept on the floor on dog carpet then
Yes. I would agree because of people who died during construction. But I am very sure the building was NOT a torture chamber during the Communist times.
Yes indeed. A sad story giving Romania some historical ill-repute. Many of the children were adopted by US families thinking they were getting normal kids until they found out weeks/months after US arrival
Good Point. Upon further investigation this is a rumor. But likely it was hundreds. No official tally is unavailable due to obvious Communist-Era truth hiding
Good insight. I would have loved to go back in time and see what it was like when it was in use. Of course I would love with every key to locked doors explore the place without guides. I'd take a German Shephard and Gun just in case
People with an axe to grind i don't know what and i don't know why but when talking about the wonders of the former communist world always but always describe them in negative terms grandiose brutal or folly however like the central national these structures usually turn out to be that particular nations biggest tourist attraction they usually turn out to be the very reason why people from the west went there in the first place yet they always are described in these derogatory terms can anybody tell me why!! I bet most of the impoverished city's in Gt Britain or rust belt America would like to have a facility like this on their doorstep!!!
LOL - the largest building is the Pentagon in the USA. It's actually an attractive building. Have been to the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest? Close up you can see its age and decay. I love Brutalist architecture - the UK has a fair amount it. Most hate it. Maybe people love to visit and see this type of architecture because it's so unusual and it represents something quite gawdy vs. the current style.
@@swissclimber1 point taken but that's a matter of taste my comment is places like this never get a chance before western commentators describe them negatively for what i think are political reasons
Romania is a bit special...I think Ceausescu was so bad that the legacy of him continues to this day. Curious, I was in Moldova and the roads were not good there too. But in Ukraine roads were good. Bulgaria, too.
It is very interesting though. But many Rumenians were starved during the building of this. I didn't forget the 3000 who died. I am sorry to say that it should be sold and paid a compassionate to the family who died.
Putin is the best president for Rusia like Ceausescu for Romania , Sadam for irak or Gadsfi for Libia… America will not be any more number one will be number 200 in the world …
@@swissclimber1 Leave him alone. He's intoxicated with eastern propaganda. As a kid I always thought it was built in the 1800s, definitely not 1980. It's an almost complete waste of resources. It's only half decent at tourism and as a landmark that makes Romania slightly recognizable. Oh, another nice thing that this waste of human power spawned is a parking lot where the hottest cars in Bucharest come and meet. The people there are really nice, too, and they meet daily. If you ever visit here again drop by 9 pm to around 2 am and gaze at the cars 😉
Below there are actually two antiatomic bunkers, the base consist of two meters deep rainforced concrete (reinforced with railway lines) , under it 30 meters below are the bunkers, it can resist to an 8,2 earthquake in Richter scale and the second bunker resist to a direct small atomic bomb.It was developed in a way to permit Ceausescu to runaway in case of necessity in about 7 minutes to the bunkers and in 15 minutes by underground tunnels outside Bucharest.....the legend says...
I wish I could have a tour of the whole building
@@swissclimber1 yeah, there are 1100 rooms so if you give each room 1 minute to look at there will be over 18h nonstop looking. Lol.
A physical testament to the fact that without any amount of democratic legitimacy, even systems that purport to hasten equality can easily devolve into something more akin to feudalism. This is really a castle. Great video.
Great point. Agree - it looks like an ice cream cake castle
Well said!
imagine living there alone and having to clean up, wipe the dust etc
I'd recommend the Romanian Gov't to invite Japanese robotic companies to design automation to do this !
Nah, if you could get the chance to live there you will need to be wery rich, so you could hire an
Household
You’d never stop cleaning🤣
You need a motorcycle if in need for a qick dump😂
The fact is you'd live in one room. A lot of dust is actually dead skin.... and it's not a naturally dusty country like Australia or somewhere with sandstorms. Close the doors and you'd be fine.... for a year.
Due to its size, the cost of maintenance could be helped in part if it was turned into a university, shops, restarurants offices that serve the people whom the dictator suppressed and also as a tourist attraction and make some part of it a hotel for tourists.
Yes I agree. I think they should make some condominiums!
@@swissclimber1 Maybe the EU can use it as second seat after the main one in Brussels.
It houses the senate and the chamber of deputies, its in full utilization. Only the executive has not moved in.
Don't think they've thought of this already? Didn't see the car promotion?
They could also use the extra space to house in company offices. Have a company incubator running there for local startup companies.
This is pretty much Nicolae Ceasescu's Palace of Versailles.
Yes indeed - he lost his head because of it
@@thegodofmischief8141 ceausescu was a great leader you tway
@@xoticfootball6276 go watch football, meathead
It is just sad to see. I know many of the small kids from the orphanage, they did not even got propper food or clothes. They died because they was badly threated.
Actually..... as someone who has a sister with a psychology degree and having listened to a psychology professor talk about this..... they really died of lack of love and personal attention. Not starvation or neglect. They ran those places like a production line. Minimal clothing but enough food but no one who personally spent time with them, and in effect they're socially deprived and die from essentially being treated like robots. ALL THIS wouldn't have happened if he hadn't banned contraception and then rigidly checked all women monthly to make sure there were no abortions....
@@OffGridInvestor This reminded me of an excellent documentary
czcams.com/video/ZgZJ-IV8Et0/video.html
❤️ I'm a Romania, orghpange baby myself.my birth mom was teenager when she had me.
i like how non-roumanians dont undestund why this is the heaviest building.
it is 2 or 3 times the size under the ground , only second to pentagon as security , space and heaviness.
You can drop a fat boy on it , and everyone below ,will just flip you of.
Wow ! Have you explored the structure in detail? I'd like to see more secret parts of the beast!
It's romanians
I am Romanian
And this is a reminder of the horrific Times we went thru
At least is not bad at all. I do not want to offend anyone, I respect the Romanians, and their country, but even though it is considered a monstruosity, I have to admit that they built a beautiful palace, not comparable to Italian architecture, but not bad at all. I think we cannot judge by saying this palace is not magnificent because it was built by the Dictator, and the Romanian people. Look at St Peterburgh, it is really beautiful to see and to visit, but for building that, it took many time, money and soul of thousands of people, and Russia was really poor. But I, as tourist, love the city even though I am walking literary on the death bodies which are located underground. Same thing for London, Paris, Berlin and many other cities.
I love Brutalist architecture. Good point about walking on places where people died
its wasteful,its like 30% in use
A slight snag, architecturally speaking, none of those buildings were brutalist. You can indeed consider the buildings including the palace of parliament akin to that of Stalinist Social Realism. A neo-classical approach that was perverted to a totalitarian narrative. Nevertheless, the video still gives us an indication as to how a supposed Communist enriched himself personally to the detriment of his people.
Thank you for the insight!
he did not enriched himself, but he was power hungry
@@mirceapintelie361 He was power hungry and while he did not enrich himself, he did enjoy the lifestyle of a very wealthy individual.
@@dumitavi1
Pretty much.
It was not Ceausecus personal palace.
The Palace of the Parliament is the seat of the Parliament of Romania. Located on Dealul Arsenalului in central Bucharest (Sector 5), it is the second largest administrative building in the world, after The Pentagon in the United States, with 84 m high, an area of 365,000 m2 and is composed of 23 bodies. Having a volume of 2,550,000 m3, it is also the third most massive building in the world, after Cape Canaveral in Florida and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan, Mexico. In terms of weight, the Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building in the world - la Casa Poporului.
Thanks for your insight
R u romanian?
Cuz that spelling is FLAWLESS
The best thing for this place is to go the way of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. That had been a playground for the super rich billionaires -- in today's dollars -- at the turn of 19th century. Instead of making it into a museum, they turned it into a beautiful liberal arts college. People touring the city can appreciate its beauty, students can get an education in one of the loveliest old cities in North America.
Cool! I was there 15 years ago in the area. Let me ask you this. Can I explore the building? Is there anything that has nostalgia of what it was before it became a college?
3000 people died to build this? That's sad.
Yes, that's true. But if you compare that at least we have this building vs. some wars where everyone loses
thats bullshit🧐
@@mirceapintelie361 I'm struggling to believe it too.
I don’t think you understand Ceausescu. Once you’ve built the inner sanctum, you know things that you shouldn’t know.
3000 people didn’t just die, they were eliminated.
@@robertd4468 So you're saying 3000 builders were somehow assassinated?
The mention of Nadia Komenski - first one to score 10 out of 10 at Olympic games in Montreal - brought back old memories. God bless her.
Did you spell her name correctly? Nadia Comăneci is correct spelling. She was actually featured in a small celebration as a host at a function that was being held at the Palace of Parliament when we were there
I wish we had gone inside while we were there! It’s beautiful. Great video 😁
Unless you are interested in the former dictator or in gaudy / historical / ugly buildings, you did not miss much. You have to be interested in either of these to make it really worth it. I came to Bucharest to see this and only this.
To all...you maybe like this monstruosity...but not us the romanians...remember that 57000 peoples lost their homes and were forcibly removed and 7 square km of old houses churches monuments and public buildings were razed to have ...a 5 bilion usd building which is not finished!!! And add to that the boulevard the additional buildings and the ugly flats which costed another 2 billion usd. 1984 to 1997 usd. Today probably the price would be around 10 billion. So much human suffering. And it is NOT NEOCLASSICAL. The architects who were forced to work at it called this a mambo jambo of stiles
@@swissclimber1 then you must have poor taste in design
@@radudiaconu2851 Thank you for your honesty. Its legacy will haunt it for many many years to come.
Very interesting!
Seeing how his wife talked in their final minutes.. this was all her idea
She was the devil. Nicolai was the Puppet
@@swissclimber1 very true, and I think few realize it. She had the secret police BUG HIS office for her....
This should be repurposed into something useful for the Romanian people, like a university.
IT could be repurposed into many things. Houses (apartments)
Amazing palace. I was wondering if the real reason the dictator was deposed and executed was because other would be dictators wanted to take possession of all this ?
The dictator was totally nuts at the end
Long and short was he was highly hated and ANOTHER communist party member basically caused a coup. It LOOKED LIKE the people uprising but there was another political guy behind it. He did pay off all the country's debt but he was a mongrel and his wife was nearly twice as bad. Banned contraception and abortions. Population of orphanages exploded, and ultimately 80% of the kids died in the orphanages (lack of love and attention psychologists believe). To enforce it they checked ALL women monthly for pregnancy INCLUDING SCHOOLGIRLS who had no idea why they were being checked and felt they must have done something wrong. These young girls had no idea about sex. These checks were done to see you hadn't had an abortion. The amount of other stupid things...... the wife used the secret police to spy on daughters dates.... she was a real rotten egg.
Yes, they took everything. Romania, the only European country with oil, gas and so on, it's now the poorest.
I will definitely visit there, that is marvellous
Please do! I visited Romania primarily to see this. Of course I saw lots of other nice surprising things and love Romania!
Ironically, in spite of all his atrocities the dictator will be remembered for several generations just because of this grand edifice....Symbols of communist rule were demolished everywhere else but no one will want this one destroyed. Think about hagia sophia of istambul - the enemies maintained it as place of worship !
I enjoyed seeing the building. It's an edifice and a constant reminder of what a sick man can do to inflict pain on a country and its people
Why would anyone want to destroy such a gem, the building doesn't even follow a communist architecture, it's a neoclassical palace
@@andreicristian3932 it is not neoclassical; not even the architects who worked there - and I know some - can not tell what it is; the building has no unity whatsoever; it was build actually as 23 sections by 23 teams of architects and constructors, aprox 20000 ppl; it was a nightmare to do it and Ceausescu always budged in and he was, remember, a 4 class educated former shoemaker!!; but yeah, we are stucked with it...
@@radudiaconu2851 We're talking about the architecture of the building and not its actual history, although it's not an interbellum building, it follows a neoclassical movement with all the columns and its details, like it or not , the palace is an important landmark and a pretty impressive one.
@@radudiaconu2851 mate, are an idiot. That's it.
Спасибо, видео супер! Дворец достоин королей! Только Чаушеску совсем не король,а солдат, укравший генеральские сапоги!)))))
Ти правий!
What a building !!!!!!!!.
Why would they ever need so much space?!? It's obvious nobody ever questioned the Ceaucescu's. Even though the construction is over-the-top, I'm glad the bldg has been preserved. Hopefully, it can be put to good use.
I would be an apartment there for sure ! I'd bicycle and rollerblade all over the Palace to exercise. I wonder if they have an indoor swimming pool?
Nicolae Ceausescu got some of his worst ideas from a state visit to China and North Korea back in the 1970s. The fact that this is reminiscent of North Korean palaces is no accident.
It does look like that. I'd say USSR too!
It is beautiful though.
Yes. It's like a birthday cake!
@Northern Wealth Anarchy Perimeter Still beats brutalism and most modernist structures.
The poorest citizens of Bucharest live in the sewers...turn it into a homeless shelter.
Probably when our homeless start sleeping in the sewers.@Jerry Starr
Are u mad cuz Romanians took your job ?
@@SebastianStephanStan Just subscribed to you, thought it might cheer you up, that's you on twenty now.
@@SebastianStephanStan I've said the same about Buckingham palace so grow up and stop looking for offence where there is none
@@donaldlogan3626 with all due respect I live in England and I saw more than 1 homeless person ..actually I think the UK has more Homeless people than Romania!
To be fair, many well-known capitals have a certain building/monument to make them stand out. What did Bucharest have... Before this?
There was the Arc Gate outside the city in the park area with the circle. And there was that Opera/Concert House near the Hilton. But you're right to me this building gives Bucharest the character. Personally, I love the building!
@@swissclimber1 You know, if it wasn't for all the massacre thing in December 1989, Ceausescu would've been held as a hero today with hardly any reserves. He already kind of is: voted the 11th greatest Romanian ever in a big 2006 nation-wide poll and recent polls have him as the most favorably-regarded Romanian President. If only he was less daft and could see that his time was up...
@@botatobias2539 you REALLY ARE on drugs. Voted 11th most loved..... CRAZY. Most people HATED the guy and for GOOD reason. You know how many visit his grave on the day of his death each year? 6 or 8 people. Seen a news thing on it. Most Romanians want to forget about him. Most REALLY hated him. He was not and WILL NOT be held as a hero. The wasted lives and wasted money were something only a half baked dictator could manage...
An amazing building but utterly bombastic and totally devoid of any warmth. I visited it in 2019 and was equally enthralled and disgusted at the same time. Oh, yes, there are some impressive features, but the grandiosity and magnificence of much of it is sterile and offputting. They should turn it into a DisneyWorld hotel.
Just imagine the upkeep on the building. I think parts of the building were not even finished.
now Romanian people have a fantastic palace, that is an urban pride.
Yes indeed. They will never forget the stupidity of politicians as well looking at this building
@@swissclimber1 Which politicians? Ceausescu or the corrupted politicians after December 89 who sold Romania. Ceausescu will be a hero, the only communist president to fight with Russia, and refuse to pay interest to FMI. We did not have any debt in 1989, We had millions of $ in bank which were stolen by the politicians who killed him and his wife without trial.
I read somewhere that the building is so shoddily constructed that whole sections had to be cordoned off due to safety concerns.
Makes sense - 20,000 rooms. What to do with all of those rooms!
I heard the same thing. Does anyone know if that's true? I hear its a piece of shit and things don't work right. Please answer if you know.
nonsense, the building is build to withstand an 8.5 earthquake
@@swissclimber1 What? Only 400 rooms and two meeting rooms are finished and used, out of 1,100 rooms.
@@mirceapintelie361 yeah. Just like the communist chinese junk I get is built to do something, barely manages half of that and blows up in 2 weeks. You really DON'T KNOW much about eastern bloc communist era buildings. Many of the russian stuff built in the late 60s is falling to bits if it isn't maintained. And this is less than 20 years newer.
I must say: very well proportioned and majestic!!
Often buildings of dictators showing power are overdone and with pour sense of good proportions.
But this one, although opulent, is not overloaded. And the mix of styles is well done and fascinating, wich just few tipical romanian elements. I like it very much!!
I would love to have a no-holds barred access to all parts of the building to see to my heart's desire. The hotel looks like an oppulant birthday cake
5:56 A massive fart is also part of the building
Well done, thanks for posting.
This stands now as a mausoleum… every brick represents a persons poverty cruelty starvation torture and death enforced upon the beautiful people of Romania by an evil and corrupt regime. May this Country prosper, it’s time for Romanians to be truly free and truly happy
By sheer virtue of all who suffered, viewing this makes me nauseous.
He was a monster. I have never been back and I’m not sure I’ll ever step foot in Romania again. Some things are just best left in the past.
Thank you for comments. I assume you are from Romania originally. May I ask what part and how old you were when you left? I understand you. I lived in Singapore in the 90's. I went back a few times but it's so different. I liked the old one and I hate the new one. You hated the old Romania, and still do.Think though the people won! Many Romanians are now free and happy and have moved on
@@swissclimber1 Unfortunately after the dictators execution, a new communist sympathizer claimed hail and set the trend till now, corruption and negligence of people still remain and people will not bend until we are at par. At par, as described by our neighbors Ukraine, with Germany, Poland, and many others who fell, were bombarded, and rejuvinated because the government put effort into its people. We will wait.
@@swissclimber1 My bro, stfu and don t speak if u don t know history:)Am trait si cu Ceausescu si fara..Sa fi prost sa zici ca a fost mai bine:)Sau pesedist.
Ceausescu left for Romanian’s the house people, building of Apartaments… factories everything… america with nato and Europa took us alll
They had already get there good in this world. They lived in there own heaven. And the people where starving . I have now word for it.
They sure did. Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Is this still the Romanian Parliament?
indeed it is! They have 2 chambers
Why not ?!?
Da blyat.
Ceausescu was not a dictator. He was dictator for people which want his power like Iliescu. Ceausescu was the best president ever. America killed our best president . America give to us poor, took all Romanians money… bechtel… nato … america destroied romanian army… we hope that you will have visa if want to enter o. Romania.
Outstanding video! It's likely I'll never make it to Bucharest so very interesting to see the extreme excesses of the Communist regime. The Romanian tour guide's accent is very strange. I wonder where he studied English.
Yes... I'll have to listen to his accent. I think it had some UK influence. If you can't go to a place YT videos are the next best thing. Way better that tourist authority sponsored videos that show things perfectly. Best to see it like it is!
It's the typical English with a strong Romanian accent and some "Queen's English" flavors that they teach us in schools. I am Romanian and it's probably how I also sound when speaking English. I hope not. Dracula's accent in the movies is not very good and we don't sound Russian either.
How much is the ticket?
It depends on what you select. They have many different tour options. It is not cheap! I think it was about 10 EURO for what I did.
@@swissclimber1 Oh okay.Thank you!
Nicolae Ceausescu's ghost be like: *GET OUTTA MY PARLIAMENT DEMOCRAT!*
HAHA! He must be haunting the place and crying for the working class entering his palace
Gréât !! Thank you
what is the first largest buildong?
The USA Pentagon
Gotta admit, slavery and authoritarianism have built some amazing things.
Including the USA and the Egyptian pyramids.
Come back ceausescu … romanian miss you sir
Hopefully the people of Romania get the chance to tour that place. They can see what opulence was enjoyed by their self-appointed leader while they lived like slaves.
Yes indeed. Some say the same can be said of politicians and the people in the "free west"
This is where he gave his last speech?
NO! He gave that speech downtown very near to the Hilton Hotel
@@swissclimber1 I see, thank you for the correction, the place looks very similar.
It seems that they forgot to look a ancient buildings as well when they calculated the heaviest building. This building is 4,098,500,000 kilograms. While the estimated weight of the pyramid of Khufu is 5,216,308,000 kilograms. Its probably not on the record list because nobody can prove to the judges the official exact weight.
Second largest in what way?
By Sq. Ft./Sq. Mt.
what does the future hold for this place ?
It still houses some government operations and I do think they have some legislative chambers in the Palace
This place looks very nice.
It's Beautiful and Ugly at the same time!
Do you think he might have been compensating for something?
His wife was the man, the boss. He was the puppet
His conscience
Poor poor Ceaceascu must not have been that well endowed it seems , if you know what i mean. I can imagine elena barking orders when it was built " No i told you i want the Chandeliers over there not over there you feeble pleb , your fired."
useless biggest rooms....it's only good for use kingdom ceremony or party of nobillity....not for hotel or anothers...
It's currently used by the Romanian government for bureaucratic functions
@@swissclimber1 thanks for comment, I didn't know what this palace use for now...
@@dontshotforinside Actually, it's used by the Romanian Parliament. The Government is located at Victoria Palace, which is located elsewhere(Google maps gives me 4 km distance between the two)
I have never been this this largest Romanian palace
It's time to go if you like less touristed countries
Fables trades men
Surrender your passport to tour this building? No thanks!
Hah! I would not worry about that! I’d worry about your cellphone and all the spying the Apps are doing on you!
@@swissclimber1 Thanks, pal. Now, I'm afraid of everything. 😆👍
ya boi
CeaușesKhufu 's pyramide.
Destroy this edifice of evil.
Then erect signs stating to any other pretender that seeks to rule Romainians by force they also shall be dealt to in like manner.
Visited the place in 2002.
How did things change from my video and when you saw it?
An example of a madmans gross excess whilst his citizens lived in abject poverty. The Wiki page is well worth a read, eg the building is so heavy it sinks 6mm every year! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament
Thanks for this. Wonder how long this building will be standing?
@@swissclimber1 It appears to be well built so should see a few centuries. Maintenance is the main problem with buildings like this.....it costs a fortune just to heat and light the place. Opinion on it was mixed....some Romanians understandably wanted it razed to the ground but even the cost of that would have been prohibitive. I think what they're doing now is the best way forward. I recently found two CZcams clips about Elena Ceausescu which were interesting. She was an absolute bitch and seriously power hungry and dominated Nicolae. Part 1; czcams.com/video/LSoxcc6ZPoI/video.html&ab_channel=DeadAirLive
Part 2; czcams.com/video/3AIoZ7McaQ8/video.html&ab_channel=DeadAirLive
@@Bulletguy07 Haha Nicolai was like some married men. Bullied by wife ! One easy way to know which party is dominant in the relationship. Look at the bedroom. If woman sleeps closer to door, she is boss. If man sleeps closer to door, he is boss. Nicolai slept on the floor on dog carpet then
It will take me 2 hours to walk from my bedroom to the bathroom.
Great exercise....
Impressive & utterly disgusting at the same time if you know what nightmares were behind the curtain.
Yes. I would agree because of people who died during construction. But I am very sure the building was NOT a torture chamber during the Communist times.
Ceaucescu's folly
It's to bad they didn't give tour's of the orphanages where so many children were badly treated an killed
Yes indeed. A sad story giving Romania some historical ill-repute. Many of the children were adopted by US families thinking they were getting normal kids until they found out weeks/months after US arrival
Această clădire este foarte utilă bucureștenilor in caz de război.
Yes Indeed! It could survive mass bombing
No wonder the people had it for good.....
Boy that takes a lotta tp
The Versailles of the socialism!
Yes! An excellent comparison....
Das ist wunderschön und faszinierend;Aber leider auch pervers!
Ja genau. Thanks for watching
How did 3000 die during the construction???
Good Point. Upon further investigation this is a rumor. But likely it was hundreds. No official tally is unavailable due to obvious Communist-Era truth hiding
Most of them were sentenced to life in prison
Massive work, but to me (except for the theatre) it looks and feels cold and spooky
Good insight. I would have loved to go back in time and see what it was like when it was in use. Of course I would love with every key to locked doors explore the place without guides. I'd take a German Shephard and Gun just in case
@@swissclimber1 Certainly interesting, but going back in time....neither the dog nor a gun would help you get out from there alive!
Think of the health services they could of had instead.
Yes but that would have been rotten too.
Leftover Tartaria Slew Them As Well..NOT! One of The Greats!
Who’s here from Behind the Bastards
…….and his people were as poor as ever. Typical.
True and the country is still recovering from that
this is truly massive, how much it cost for construction
5 bilion dollars
The national treasury and an IMF loan.
Sure you're starving,freezing in winter but look what i built for you.😜😜😜
Other, dictators, steal the money and run!!!
At least Romania got this building !
So sad see this made,what waste of money.while Romania ppl suffer he has nerves make this back then..
Yes indeed. But we can't forget what happened because of this huge monstonsity
Lots of children could have been fed with all that money spent.
Yes, most governments are good at wasting money
I would demolish the whole thing, bad memories for Rumania
That is not a good idea - smashing bad history or ignoring it will only allow people to forget the bad in the future.
People with an axe to grind i don't know what and i don't know why but when talking about the wonders of the former communist world always but always describe them in negative terms grandiose brutal or folly however like the central national these structures usually turn out to be that particular nations biggest tourist attraction they usually turn out to be the very reason why people from the west went there in the first place yet they always are described in these derogatory terms can anybody tell me why!! I bet most of the impoverished city's in Gt Britain or rust belt America would like to have a facility like this on their doorstep!!!
LOL - the largest building is the Pentagon in the USA. It's actually an attractive building. Have been to the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest? Close up you can see its age and decay. I love Brutalist architecture - the UK has a fair amount it. Most hate it. Maybe people love to visit and see this type of architecture because it's so unusual and it represents something quite gawdy vs. the current style.
@@swissclimber1 point taken but that's a matter of taste my comment is places like this never get a chance before western commentators describe them negatively for what i think are political reasons
He was a fine man
All countries in Europe that were communist, and did not revolute are beautiful at this moment
Only our country, Romania isn't like that....
Romania is a bit special...I think Ceausescu was so bad that the legacy of him continues to this day. Curious, I was in Moldova and the roads were not good there too. But in Ukraine roads were good. Bulgaria, too.
тъй ли уе?
Ce sinistru ...
its wried.
Im romanian so get dabed on
Sal'tare prietene
Cum îți merge?
So much for utilitarian.
It'd be cool to be given a bicycle and a day to explore this without guides
It is very interesting though. But many Rumenians were starved during the building of this. I didn't forget the 3000 who died. I am sorry to say that it should be sold and paid a compassionate to the family who died.
Liberty and Freedom! It's a big reminder to what happened in the past.
Nobody was starving in that time mate, that's just propaganda. Now people are starving.
@@dansorin2001 But at least you can grow food in gardens and it's grown near you. In the USA, food comes 4000 KM from you.
You told you that 3000 have died? Did you see any prove?
Dude pay attention to the lesson Ur having
Putin is the best president for Rusia like Ceausescu for Romania , Sadam for irak or Gadsfi for Libia… America will not be any more number one will be number 200 in the world …
לילית לילית לילית לילית לילית
Сатана павел хаитов
Ha Ha - they are all the same 🤡
A bit unrealistic description but what is to be expected from someone intoxicated by western propaganda ?!?
Should we cheer for Ceausescu?
@@swissclimber1 Leave him alone. He's intoxicated with eastern propaganda.
As a kid I always thought it was built in the 1800s, definitely not 1980. It's an almost complete waste of resources. It's only half decent at tourism and as a landmark that makes Romania slightly recognizable.
Oh, another nice thing that this waste of human power spawned is a parking lot where the hottest cars in Bucharest come and meet. The people there are really nice, too, and they meet daily. If you ever visit here again drop by 9 pm to around 2 am and gaze at the cars 😉
@George Pohrib, Every country in Europe is Western dumbass.
Its sickening. Should be demolished.
I disagree. Too much money and history in the building to demolish it
:)))
His regime was shitty and the building is kinda useless and used important resources, but aesthetically speaking, your commentaries were just petty.
Comments appreciated. I try to stick to the facts
Hitler would have been jealous
Come to think of it, not much remains of what he built.