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Witness History: Ceausescu's 'House of the People'

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Ceausescu's 'House of the People'

03/01/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Ceausescu's 'House of the People'

The vast building that symbolised the excesses of Romania's brutal former dictator

The story behind the vast building that became a symbol of the excesses of Romania's brutal former dictator.

In the early 1980s the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu ordered the construction of a massive building in central Bucharest. Dubbed the "House of the People", it was to become the world's 2nd largest building.  Now, decades after the fall of Communism, the building remains a lasting monument to the excesses of the dictator's totalitarian rule.  Robert Nicholson speaks to Eliodor Popa, one of the architects behind the building. 

(Photo by Laszlo Szirtesi/Getty Images)

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