Palace of The Week - Palatul Parlamentului
Located in Bucarest ( Romania ), the Palace of Parliament is the second largest building in the world. It was built in 1984 by the former socialist dictator Ceausescu. This Palace has a floor surface of 350.000 m² ( Versailles has 60.000 m²) and 1.100 rooms. There are 12 storeys. The Ball Room ( Second picture ) is the biggest room, each window is 10 meters high. To build this palace Ceausescu destroyed about 7000 houses and 30 churches. Now the palace is used for the Parliament and the Senate.
