Monument to the September 1923 Uprising

Location: Shipka, Bulgaria

Completed: 1973

Architect: Not known 

Genre: Socialist monument, former Eastern Bloc

The monument was erected in honour of the 50th anniversary of the 1923 September Uprising, a failed military insurgency in which the Bulgarian Communist Party attempted to overthrow the country’s government at the time, the recently appointed Democratic Alliance, in order to seize control for themselves. More information about the Monument to the 1923 September Uprising.

Monument to the September 1923 Uprising in Shipka, Bulgaria | Socialist monument | former Eastern Bloc

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