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The House of the Republic was the centrepiece of Ceaușescu's project. Named Project Bucharest , it began in 1978 as an intended replica of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang . North Korean President Kim Il Sung had started construction on a similarly monumental residence, the Kumsusan Palace , two years earlier.
Uranus was one of the historic districts completely destroyed by Ceaușescu's communist regime, in order to build the "People's House" (see Ceaușima), part of the larger project involving Bucharest's new Civic Centre. Dealul Spirii has been the site of many historic buildings, including a number of churches and synagogues.
The House of the Free Press (Romanian: Casa Presei Libere), known under Communist rule as Casa Scînteii, 'House of The Spark (newspaper)', is a building in northern Bucharest, Romania, the tallest in the city between 1956 and 2007. [1]
Location of the House of the People in the map of Bucharest. Though the decision to build the new civic centre in the very heart of Bucharest was made in 1978, it took some six years for Ceaușescu to impose a wide-ranging reshaping.
LOWER HOUSE UPPER HOUSE # Name Portrait Born-Died Took office Left office Party # Name Portrait Born-Died Took office Left office Party 1901 XIX Assembly of Deputies Senate 25 Mihail Pherekyde: 1842–1926 24 March 1901 9 December 1904 PNL (13) Eugeniu Stătescu: 1836–1905 24 March 1901 15 November 1902 PNL: 26 Ștefan Șendrea: 1842–1907
Anti-communist resistance monument in front of the House of the Free Press. In 2016, a monument dedicated to the anti-communist resistance in Romania and Bessarabia was unveiled in front of the House of the Free Press, in Bucharest, close to the spot where a statue of Vladimir Lenin was between 1960 and 1990.
The People's Salvation Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului; People's Redemption Cathedral a better translation of the name), also known as the National Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Națională), is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral under construction in Bucharest to serve as the patriarchal cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church. [21]
The Dimitrie Sturdza House (Romanian: Casa Dimitrie Sturdza, Romanian pronunciation: [diˈmitri.e ˈsturza] ⓘ) is a house with historical value, located in Bucharest, Romania, on Arthur Verona Street, no. 13-15. The house belonged to Dimitrie Sturdza (1833-1914