Bucharest's star attraction - Palace of Parliament. Conceived at the height of Ceausescu's communist fervour it was called, ironically "The House of the People". It has 12 Floors. The urban wasteland that is B-dul Unirii was intended as the Champs Elysees- style axis for Ceausescu's criminal civil project which saw him destroy an entire suburb to build the parliament and Piata Unirii. It runs east for 3.2km from the square - build deliberately 6m longer than the real Parisian boulevard. Some 26 churches, 2 synagogues and a monastery in the city's most historic quarter were bulldozed to make way for this project, about 70 000 people were made homeless. Blast from the past: When the Berlin wall came down in 1989 we had massive demonstrations in the streets against Ceausescu's regime. Students would form a long snake and each one of them carrying a candle for all those that misterously disappeared or were shot, shouting "Ceausescu is a murderer". I was 12 at the time, looking out of the window on a cold November day in 1989 and wondering what the hell was going on.