Photos from the second largest building in the world, after the Pentagon--the "House of the People" in Bucharest, Romania

1. "The House of People" Bucharest Romania

2. “ The House of People“ is the biggest building in Romania and the second in the world, after the Pentagon, ****************************************************************************

4. Was erected at the will of the dictator Ceausescu, during his last years of dictatorship. He has never seen it finished, he was killed during the Romanian "revolution" in 1989. *****************************************************************************************************

6. "The House of People" was built on a former hill, the Uranus hill(with old houses, churches, little and quiet merchant streets). ******************************************************************************************************

8. Nothing escaped from demolition, not even the hill, which was leveled to ground, 8 basements were constructed, then, an artificial hill covered the enormous infrastructure of the building. *********************************************************************************************************

10. The demolished area from Bucharest's historical centre is equal with the surface of Venice. ********************************************************************************************************

12. No need to mention that the human scale, which we know from Classic and Renaissance architecture was the least thing architects took into consideration. ****************************************************************************************************

14. It's interesting, the largest church in Romania fits inside the largest meeting hall of the "House". ************************************************************************************************

16. Nowadays, the "House" belongs to the Parliament of Romania, politicians feel actually very comfortable in this huge construction and represented by it never the less. ********************************************************************************************************

18. Most of Romanians were hating this symbol of dictatorship so deep that they were about to demolish it like Bastille. ******************************************************************************************************

20. Others, like a big postmodern architect, say that the "house" and institutions that form an assembly is one of the most significant postmodernist architecture was ever built. **********************************************************************************************

26. “ The House of People” represents a big wound in the hearth of the city but also the most visited monument of Bucharest . Arrangement by Ileana Godeanu