Romanians Get to See Ceausescu's Luxury Pad

The luxurious private mansion of Romania's late communist leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, opens to the public on Saturday, for the first time in its history.

The 80-room residence, called the "Spring Palace" and located in Bucharest's fanciest neighbourhood, includes a cinema, a swimming pool and an impressive dressing room. It also has also adjoining grounds of 14,000 square metres.

Designed in the mid-1960s, based on the exact request of Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, she is said to have personally picked the chandeliers and mosaics.

They both spent the last 25 years of their lives in the palace, together with their children Nicu, Zoe, and Valentin.

After the Ceausescus' hurried trial and execution in December 1989, the building was administered by the Romanian state and only rarely used to host official delegations. It was put up for sale in 2014 but no interested buyer showed up.

The palace is now to be opened to the public, with the entry ticket prices starting from 15 lei [four euros].

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