Dealul Spirii

The Dâmbovița watermills on the outskirts of Bucharest, with Dealul Spirii and Mihai Vodă Monastery in the background (1837)
The Palace of the Parliament and the People's Salvation Cathedral (left) on Dealul Spirii; from Metropolitanate Hill (2023)

Dealul Spirii[1] (Romanian: [ˈde̯alul ˈspirij], Spirea's Hill) is a hill in Bucharest, Romania, the location of the Palace of the Parliament, initially built by Nicolae Ceaușescu as the House of the People.

  1. ^ An antiquated version of the name is Dealul Spirei