Open Dictator

From Yahoo:
"Home of Romania's Ceausescu opened to the public"

 

The opulent former residence of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was opened to the public for the first time on Saturday some 26 years after the fall of his Communist regime.  Ceausescu ruled Romania with an iron fist from 1965 until he was driven from power after a bloody uprising in December 1989 which saw him convicted of genocide then executed by firing squad several days later along with his wife Elena.  During Ceausescu's rule, the couple lived with their three children in the Primaverii (Spring) Palace in an upmarket district of Bucharest.  The residence "must be opened to the Romanian people who must make peace with their history and know about their past," said Violeta Alexandru, minister for civic dialogue and public consultations at the opening ceremony.  Built between 1964 and 1965 to the exact specifications of Ceausescu and his wife, the luxury residence has 80 rooms and is decorated throughout with Murano glass mirrors, chandeliers, colourful mosaics and other extravagant touches.  It has an indoor swimming pool, a cinema, an underground bunker and extended gardens where peacocks roam.  Over the years, it has been used as lodgings for visiting diplomats.  On its first day, the entrance fee was waived, with some 300 people visiting the site. It will next open to tourists from March 19 who will pay 30 lei to get in (6.70 euros/$7.50).

 

 

^ It's important for Romanians and others to see how the Communist dictator lived. I don't understand why it took 26 years to open the house. The homes and other places where any former dictator lived should be opened to the public so they can see how they lived. Dictators, especially Communist ones, tend to live ornately. It's a little ironic because Communists are supposed to be for "equality" and a "classless" society. Communism has only ever worked on paper and never in practice. It goes against human-nature. ^

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