Visit the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest with a professional guide and discover the history of the second largest administrative building in the world!
The Bucharest Parliament Palace was commissioned by the former president of Communist Romania, Nicolae Ceaușescu. He wanted a place that would centralize the various powers, the administration and that would be large enough to accommodate the apartments of the various influential politicians.
The construction took 13 years (1984-1997), and involved 700 architects and 100,000 workers, including many Romanian army soldiers and volunteers, not to say forced laborers.Bucharest's Parliament Palace was also built on Uranus Hill, the site of the former Uranus-Izvor district, which was razed to the ground to make way for this block of concrete. 40,000 people were accommodated.
You will join your professional guide at the entrance to the Sénat Palace of Parliament. You'll enjoy a guided tour of the world's second-largest administrative building (after the Pentagon), and your guide will tell you stories and anecdotes around this emblematic Bucharest landmark.