The tourist can see the world’s second largest building (after the US Pentagon), formerly named Casa Poporului (People’s House). The building, which was built in 1984 by Nicolae Ceauayescu, spans 12 stories, 3100 rooms and covers over 330,000 mA. 1/9 of Bucharest was reconstructed to accommodate this magnificent massive building and its surroundings. There are 30-45 minute tours every half hour which lead through the building’s vast collection of marble rooms and culminates in an impressive view from Nicolae Ceauayescu’s balcony. The marble and all the original decorations are 100% from Romania. The basic tour includes the halls and the balcony, worthwhile is the terrace addition for the wonderful view from the top of the building. The basement addition on the other hand is not worth the money. They only show two rooms containing airducts, no additional facts and it lasts only 5 minutes.