Independence Monument

Location: Vlorë, Albania

Completed: 1972

Sculptors: Kristaq Rama, Muntaz Dhrami and Shaban Hadëri 

Genre: Communist monument, former Eastern Bloc

Independence Monument in Vlorë, Albania | Communist monument | former Eastern Bloc

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