second largest building in the world:)

House of the people

the thing is huge- it was built by our communist dictator - back when we were communists it is square - what you is seen in the pic is one side of the square

the only other building bigger than it is the pentagon - you can see both from orbit - Our dictator was really a swell guy - more than 2000 people died building the damn thing.

a few interesting facts:

2 whole marble quarries were depleted for it
there are 2 tons of gold in ornaments
there are 2 antiatomic bunkers below
every single piece of furniture (1000 rooms - furnished) was made by hand by artisans
same goes for carpets
the thing has it's own post office



they plan to make it a Casino - very american lol

*edit= Oh I know - the great wall of china is bigger - but a hell of a lot thinner lol

that is massive.

The photo is great too. I'm a sucker for ex-commie stuff anyways. now go shoot more! :D

*checks communist game plan*

Hmm, Mr Marx never mention gigantic statements of power in the manual.

*checks again*

Nice photo. Your sarcasm has me chuckling silently. Or is that just Pekka and his random gibberish? His damn window keeps blinking at me, make it stop, make it stop.

*opens window*

Damnit.

I thought I told you people to stop taking pictures of my house.


:D

That thing is friggin huge.

I missed that when I was in Romania, but as big as it is, you'd think I would have seen it!

you came to Romania? - When? - Well - It's smack in the middle of Bucharest deker

Come again - I'll take you see it - it's a tourist attraction

you can check these for details of the House of the people:

link 1
or - this one
for pics of the inside....

I was there a long time ago. When I was like 13 or something. Went on a mission trip with my mom and stepdad. I don't think we even went to bucharest... Some really small town with dirt roads and 2 foot deep ruts in the road. And they had a clothespin factory.

lol - I know the kind - I grew up in one of those towns....

That is awesome.

You have got to go and shoot more things around Bucharest, it's just too awesome.


Here, I live in a VILLAGE. Seriously. There are no buildings taller than two stories, at midnight... everything DIES. It's just too suburban for any good photos.