Dictators' Hideouts

Sky History

3:00 AM to 4:00 AM

Wednesday 1 January

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In the centre of Bucharest stands a monolith that hides a grand secret. Casa Poporlui, known abroad as the People's Palace, is the magnum opus of Romania's most bloodthirsty dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Immediately ballooning in both expense and scale, the palace becomes emblematic of the former leader's megalomania, resulting in billions wasted on a monolith so large and heavy that it sinks six millimetres into the ground every year. Could the rumours of an extensive anti-atomic super bunker connected to the Spring Palace bunker through a city-wide network of tunnels below its surface be true?