The Palace of Parliament

8. Some Facts

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This text gives the coordinates and the size of the building, and then there is a discussion of the materials used. The part in bold face stresses that all materials are taken from Romania and the creations shows what the Romanian people is able to. In the corner of the paper, there is the name Anca Petrescu. At 28 years of age she won the architectural competition for what to build on this hill after the earthquake. No, I have no information if the other alternatives were more modest in size.