Ceausescu’s Palace to House Parliament
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<i> Associated Press</i>
BUCHAREST, Romania — The government has decided to use former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s huge, largely finished palace as headquarters for Parliament, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Last week, officials said $100 million had been budgeted to complete the world’s second largest building, but spokesman Bogdan Baltazar said the construction budget would include another $133 million next year. The Pentagon outside Washington is the largest building in the world.
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