Romania and Bulgaria

June 13-17, 2019
001 - IMG_2871 6/13/2019 Palace of Parliament or People's House - Bucharest, Romania
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002 - P1160852 Romania, country of southeastern Europe, Bucharest being its national capital. Romania was occupied by Soviet troops in 1944 and became a satellite of the Union...
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003 - IMG_2885 ... the country was under communist rule from 1948 until 1989 when the regime of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu was overthrown - free elections were held in...
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004 - P1160862 6/13/2019 Parliament Palace - Bucharest, Romania
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004a - WGDH6028 6/13/2019 our first tour group picture at the Palace of Parliament - Bucharest, Romania
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005 - P1160875 ... speaking at the Romanian Senate 6/13/2019...
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006 - P1160877 6/13/2019 Parliament Palace - Bucharest, Romania 國會大廈是棟地上8 樓, 地下5 樓的建築物, 最底部的地下樓層是防核避難所, 裡頭總共有3107 間房間.在世界各地的政府機關, 宮殿等建築物中, 其規模之大僅次於美國國防部的五角大廈.
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007 - IMG_2906 Romania, a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe; bordering the Black Sea to the southeast, Bulgaria to the south,...
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008 - IMG_2907 The vast Palace of the Parliament - this architectural colossus wins many plaudits, including heaviest building in the world, the largest building in Europe...
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009 - P1160887 ... the Romanian Parliament Palace also wins for categories of vastness and kitsch, a testament to the outrageous luxury Ceausescu envisioned for himself before...
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010 - P1160888 6/13/2019 Bucharest, Romania 宮殿內部連天花板, 牆壁, 窗框都是黃金裝飾, 支撐著宮殿的大柱是白, 紅, 黑, 粉紅, 淺茶色的大理石, 據說是從羅馬尼亞各地收集而來的.
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011 - IMG_2911 ... Romania's parliament is here as well as the National Museum of Contemporary Art; the Palace of the Parliament houses Romania's government - 6/13/2019...
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012 - IMG_2915 ... tons of marble, hardwood, and gold used in the construction of the complex in the 1980s, a time when Romania was straining to feed its own people...
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013 - IMG_2916 ... Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, both played a direct role in the construction of the palace, originally intended to house the presidential offices and the...
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014 - IMG_2917 ... the High Court of Cassation and Justice, also located at the Constitution Square (Piata Constitutie) in front of the Parliament Palace...
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015 - IMG_2922 6/13/2019 Constitution Square (Piata Constitutie) - Bucharest, Romania
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016 - P1160905 6/13/2019 - Constitution Square (Piata Constitutie) standing face-to-face with the Palace of the Parliament bisected by Bulevardul Unirii and Libertății (Union...
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017 - IMG_2929 6/13/2019 - Revolution Square (Piața Revoluției), a square on Calea Victoriei in central Bucharest; known as Palace Square (Piața Palatului) until 1989, it was...
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018 - P1160923 Memorial of Rebirth in Revolution Square, Bucharest - part of a broader monument that honors the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, in which communism...
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019 - IMG_2937 Revolution Square, a landmark of local and national history, a place infused equally with a cultural and historical load - the present Central University...
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