Palais de nicolae ceausescu biography

A walk through Bucharest reveals a vast array of architectural styles and reflects the city’s interesting and dramatic past.

Though perhaps the most unique way to peer behind the curtain of Romania’s history, is to step inside Ceausescu Mansion.

I was interested in getting a glimpse into one of world’s most notorious figures of recent times, Romania’s former Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, so I took the opportunity to visit his former home which has remained virtually intact after he was overthrown.

Nicolae Ceausescu and his family lived in the mansion, also known as the ‘Spring Palace’ from 1965 until 1989, when his 24-year dictatorship came to a dramatic end.

Nicolae and his wife Elena, fled Bucharest and were executed by military firing squad on the grounds of committing genocide after a trial that only lasted one hour.

Nowadays, the former residence operates as a