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| Subject: Monument to a madman: Romania's Palace of the Parliament Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:28 pm | |
| It's a monument to a madman. A vast palace that took 13 years to build with 2.7 million tonnes of marble especially mined from the local mountains, nine kilometres of corridors, 15,000 dazzling chandeliers, and a retractable glass ceiling so a helicopter can land inside.
And yet this bizarre beacon of power and privilege sits among so much grinding poverty in Romania, the poorest country in Europe.
https://www.traveller.com.au/romanias-palace-of-the-parliament-the-folly-of-a-madman-h1ics4 |
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