Blok 5 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Brutalist apartment building constructed between 1977 and 1984. Socialist architecture in former Yugoslavia.
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Air Force Command Building
Air Force Command Building in Belgrade, Serbia. Completed in 1935. Modernist style architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Monument to Paìsiy Hilendàrski
Monument to Paìsiy Hilendàrski in Bansko, Bulgaria. Completed: 1976. Socialist monument to Saint Paisius of Hilendar in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885
Monument to the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885 in Plovdiv. Completed in 1985. Socialist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Kadinjača Memorial Complex
Kadinjača Memorial Complex in Užice, Serbia. Completed 1979. Spomenik (Tito-era WWII memorial). Socialist memorial in former Yugoslavia.
World War II Memorial
World War II Memorial in the small town of Kaniza, Croatia. Completed in 1966. Socialist war memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Sportski Centar Gripe
Sportski Centar Gripe (Sports Centre Gripe) in Split, Croatia. Completed in 1979. Modernist, Socialist architecture in former Yugoslavia.
Monument to Đuro Đaković
Monument to Đuro Đaković in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Completed: 1973. Sculptor: Ljubomir Denković. Socialist monument in the former Yugoslavia.
Monument to the Fallen Fighters of People’s Liberation War
Spomenik: Monument to the Fallen Fighters of People’s Liberation War in Vogošća, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Socialist memorial in former Yugoslavia.
Monument to the 1923 September Uprising
Monument to the 1923 September Uprising in Krân, Bulgaria. Completed in 1973. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
The Park-Monument of the Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship
Park-Monument of the Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship in Varna, Bulgaria. Often called the Russian Monument. Socialist memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Kockica
Kockica in Zagreb, Croatia. Completed in 1968. Architect: Ivan Vitić. Brutalist style building, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.