Scornicești is a town in Olt County

Olt County

Olt is a county of Romania, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia . The capital city is Slatina.- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 489,274 and the population density was 89/km²....

, Romania

Romania

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 with a population of 12,802. The town administers 13 villages (Bălțați, Bircii, Chițeasca, Constantinești, Jitaru, Mărgineni-Slobozia, Mihăilești-Popești, Mogoșești, Negreni, Piscani, Rusciori, Șuica and Teiuș) and has a total area of 170 km², being the locality with the largest area in the county of Olt, surpassing even its capital Slatina

Slatina, Romania

Slatina is the capital city of Olt county, Romania, on the river Olt.The city administers one village, Cireaşov.-History:The town of Slatina was first mentioned on January 20, 1368 in an official document issued by Vladislav I Vlaicu, Prince of Wallachia. The document stated that merchants from...

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Scornicești was the birthplace of communist leader

Communist Romania

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 Nicolae Ceaușescu

Nicolae Ceausescu

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, who lived here until the age of 11, when he left for Bucharest

Bucharest

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 to become a shoemaker. During his dictatorship, Ceaușescu wanted to make Scornicești a "model town" to house the newly-created "Socialist Man

New Soviet man

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". So, in 1988, he began his plan by demolishing the traditional village houses and replacing them with apartment buildings, and changed the status of the place from "village" to "city" (however, the bulldozer

Bulldozer

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s did not destroy the leader's birth home, which is now one of the local attractions - see on WikiMapia).

Ceaușescu also built a large stadium (with a capacity of 30,000 spectators) for the local football team, FC Olt

FC Olt Scornicesti

FC Olt Scorniceşti is a football club based in Scorniceşti, Olt County in southern Romania. Founded in 1973, it soon became one of the best teams from a rural area...

, which, with the help of the Ceaușescus, was promoted to Divizia A. Nowadays, the team plays in the Olt County Championship.

Dinel Staicu, a Romanian millionaire, announced that he is building a museum in Scornicești dedicated to Ceaușescu.