Bucharest Communist-Era History Tour
Bucharest, Romania
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Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 7 hours
After the Second World War Romania was under the communist regime until 1989 and nowadays there are still a lot of parts of the city where the atmosphere of those times was very well preserved. On this tour we will come across truly fascinating details.
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After the Second World War Romania was under the communist regime until 1989 and nowadays there are still a lot of parts of the city where the atmosphere of those times was very well preserved. On this tour we will come across truly fascinating details.The tour starts at the Palace of Parliament also referred to as Ceausescu’s Palace, a colossal construction built in the communism days that dominates through its size. It is the most expensive administrative edifice in the world and has higher maintenance cost than a small city. This period also has a “grey” side which you’ll discover descending to the neighborhoods observing buildings with an architecture typical to that era. You’ll remain in this atmosphere as we’ll have lunch in a restaurant that still has the same communist ambiance.
Afterwards we’ll go to an exhibition dedicated to the dictatorial days. Also we’ll enter the The Memorial of suffering the permanent exhibition in Bucharest that is dedicated to the victims of communist terror. We’ll enjoy a panoramic tour of the city observing more representative landmarks of those times while your guide will further on keep you in the communist atmosphere.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
The People’s Palace
It was built during the “Golden Age” of the communist times in the virtue of the principle that reasonable size does not exist. The Palace represents the most spectacular project carried out under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. The enormous building is structured on 9 surface levels and 9 underground ones and it’s divided into 21 bodies containing approximately 1000 rooms. Nowadays the construction hosts the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of Romania changing its name to Palace of Parliament, a symbol of democracy.
Memory as a form of justice
A century-old restored house hosts in its rooms an exhibition about the Sighet Memorial. You’ll learn about the hundreds of thousands of political prisoners who suffered during the communist regime being incarcerated in the horrific jail.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party – On December 21th in 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu held his last political rally in front of this building and the next day he and his wife, Elena, took of the same construction in a helicopter.
Primaverii Neighborhood – This was a highly secured place where neither auto or pedestrian access was allowed. It’s the place where Nicolae Ceausescu lived with his wife and children at Primaverii Palace. Only they stayed in the palace, guests were accommodated in the building’s annexes.
The Spark House – It’s the former headquarters of the Central Communist Press, an architectural expression of the Bolshevik rule in Romania and it’s the second largest building in Romania.
Afterwards we’ll go to an exhibition dedicated to the dictatorial days. Also we’ll enter the The Memorial of suffering the permanent exhibition in Bucharest that is dedicated to the victims of communist terror. We’ll enjoy a panoramic tour of the city observing more representative landmarks of those times while your guide will further on keep you in the communist atmosphere.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
The People’s Palace
It was built during the “Golden Age” of the communist times in the virtue of the principle that reasonable size does not exist. The Palace represents the most spectacular project carried out under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. The enormous building is structured on 9 surface levels and 9 underground ones and it’s divided into 21 bodies containing approximately 1000 rooms. Nowadays the construction hosts the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of Romania changing its name to Palace of Parliament, a symbol of democracy.
Memory as a form of justice
A century-old restored house hosts in its rooms an exhibition about the Sighet Memorial. You’ll learn about the hundreds of thousands of political prisoners who suffered during the communist regime being incarcerated in the horrific jail.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party – On December 21th in 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu held his last political rally in front of this building and the next day he and his wife, Elena, took of the same construction in a helicopter.
Primaverii Neighborhood – This was a highly secured place where neither auto or pedestrian access was allowed. It’s the place where Nicolae Ceausescu lived with his wife and children at Primaverii Palace. Only they stayed in the palace, guests were accommodated in the building’s annexes.
The Spark House – It’s the former headquarters of the Central Communist Press, an architectural expression of the Bolshevik rule in Romania and it’s the second largest building in Romania.
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