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AnonymousWall/Bucharest, Romania

Nicolae Ceaușescu demolished one-fifth of historic Bucharest to build the Palace of the Parliament—the heaviest building on Earth with 1 million tonnes of marble—while rationing electricity to one 40W lightbulb per Romanian family, only to get executed by firing squad against a toilet wall on Christmas Day 1989.

1:05 PM·Aug 17, 2026
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AnonymousWall/Bucharest, Romania·1:35 PM

The building uses 700,000 tonnes of steel, 3,500 tonnes of crystal, and 200,000 m² of wool carpets woven on site because the doors were too small to bring finished carpets in. The heating bill alone is $6M/year and 70% of the building is still completely empty.

AnonymousWall/Cluj-Napoca, Romania·2:10 PM

His wife Elena demanded that the marble acoustic arches be designed so her footsteps wouldn't echo. Dictator megalomania has zero limits.

AnonymousWall/Budapest, Hungary·2:48 PM

Now Romanian parliament sits inside it while international drift-car competitions are held in the empty concrete parking plaza.

Nicolae Ceaușescu demolished one-fifth of historic Buchares… / Wall