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Cankar Centre (Republic Square)

Cankar Centre (Republic Square)

Cankar Centre on Republic Square in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Completed in 1982. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.

New Yorker Store

New Yorker Store

New Yorker Store (formerly Valentina Fashion House) in Varna, Bulgaria. Completed in 1977. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc. 

Shumen Centre

Shumen Centre

Shumen Centre in the centrally located Bulgarian city of Shumen. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

Youth Sports School 

Youth Sports School 

Sport-related mosaic on the front of the Youth Sports School in Sucleia, Transnistria. Soviet artwork in the former USSR.

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Monument to Yuri Gagarin in Tiraspol Pridnestrovie (Transnistria). Completed in 1977. Soviet monument in the former USSR.

Bucharest Metropolitan Circus

Bucharest Metropolitan Circus

Bucharest Metropolitan Circus in Romania. Completed in 1960. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc. 

Housing building “Ont”

Housing building “Ont”

Housing building “Ont” in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1960. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

County Library Panait Cerna

County Library Panait Cerna

County Library Panait Cerna in Tulcea, the gateway to the Danube Delta in Romania. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

“Young Sportsmen”, Sport Hall Arena

“Young Sportsmen”, Sport Hall Arena

“Young Sportsmen” on the side of the Sport Hall Arena​ in Constanţa, Romania. Completed in 1960. Socialist-era artwork in the former Eastern Bloc.

Hotel Deva

Hotel Deva

Hotel Deva in the historic Transylvanian city of Deva, Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

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