Bucharest’s new cathedral to outdo Ceaucescu’s Palace

By Kathrin Lauer 3/9/2011 Bucharest – The Romanian Orthodox Church is turning a long-cherished prestige project into reality in the shape of the ‘Cathedral for the Salvation of the Romanian People’ in the heart of Bucharest. When it is finished, the new cathedral will at 125 metres rise above the neighbouring Palace of the People, built by 1965-89 dictator Nicolae Ceausescu