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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.
LOWER HOUSE UPPER HOUSE # Name Portrait Born-Died Took office Left office Party # Name Portrait Born-Died Took office Left office Party 1862 I Assembly of Deputies not yet established: 1 Metropolitan-primate Nifon Rusailă: 24 January 1862 2 May 1864 Ind. 1864 II 2 Alexandru Emanoil Florescu: 1822–1907 29 December 1864 25 June 1865 C Corpul ...
House of the People may refer to: House of the People (Afghanistan), the lower house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan; Lok Sabha ("House of the People"), the lower house of the Parliament of India; Palace of the Parliament ("House of the People"), the meeting place of the Parliament of Romania; House of the People (Somalia), the lower ...
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.
Bucharest, seeing Palace of the Parliament, viewed from the top of Dealul Mitropoliei. The Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral is in the centre of the square on the hill. The other buildings are located as follows: to the west, old monastic cells (chilii), later transformed into the Patriarchate's offices; to the southeast, the Patriarchal Palace; to the east, the chapel paraclis and the former ...
All eyes were on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) Friday as the House is set to vote on whether he will keep the gavel in the 119th Congress. What has historically been a routine vote might have been ...
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