By Linda Tancs
The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, is the second-largest administrative building in the world (after the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.). It’s also the heaviest building in the world, with an estimated weight of 4.1 million tons, due to its construction with vast amounts of steel, bronze, marble, wood and crystal. Created by former dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, the building has 12 stories and eight underground levels, the last one being an atomic bunker. Designed to symbolize the triumph of communism in Romania, it now houses the chambers of government and various administrative offices among its staggering 330,000 square meters of space. Entry is by guided tour only.
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