The former private residence of late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, the Primaverii Palace in Bucharest, will be up for sale, as the Romanian state only rarely uses it for three to four delegations a year, according to Mediafax newswire.

The building, located at 50 Primaverii boulevard in Bucharest, will be transferred to the private state domain, from the public domain, and sold out by the Administration of the State's Patrimony RA-APPS. The administration is yet to announce a starting price and a timeline for the sale.

The other option would have been to rent it out, but would have resulted in a too high rent, because of the high maintenance costs.

The palace, with an adjoining 14,000 sqm landplot, was designed in the mid-60s based on the exact request of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena. She is said to have personally picked the chandeliers and the mosaics. The Palace has a pool, a solar and a sauna.

Images from the Ceausescu's home, including from his bathroom equipped with gold faucets, appeared on national TV in 1989, after the coup d'etat which resulted in the presidential couple being sentenced to death and killed on Christmas. The two had lived in the Primaverii Palace for 25 years.

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