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Monument to Hanged Patriots

Monument to Hanged Patriots

Spomenik: Monument to Hanged Patriots in Vranjske Njive, Montenegro. Known as The Fork and Monument to the Fallen Victims of the National Liberation War.

Burial Mound of the Unbeaten

Burial Mound of the Unbeaten

Spomenik: Burial Mound of the Unbeaten in Prilep, North Macedonia. Alternative name: Prilep Partisan Necropolis. Socialist memorial in former Yugoslavia.

Church of the Holy Cross

Church of the Holy Cross

Church of the Holy Cross in Zagreb, Croatia. Constructed between 1971 and 1982. Brutalist style, Socialist architecture in former Yugoslavia.

Monument to the Soviet Army

Monument to the Soviet Army

Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria. Completed in 1954. Lead sculptor Ivan Funev. Socialist-era war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.

Church of the Holy Heart of Jesus

Church of the Holy Heart of Jesus

Church of the Holy Heart of Jesus in Podgorica, Montenegro. Completed in 1969. Brutalist style, Socialist architecture in former Yugoslavia.

Mamutica

Mamutica

Mamutica in Zagreb, Croatia. Apartment building completed in 1974. Brutalist style, Socialist architecture in former Yugoslavia.

Richter’s skyscrapers

Richter’s skyscrapers

Richter’s skyscrapers in Zagreb, Croatia. Completed in 1968, also known as The Rockets. Brutalist tower block, Socialist architecture in former Yugoslavia.

Eastern City Gate of Belgrade

Eastern City Gate of Belgrade

Eastern City Gate in Belgrade, Serbia. Constructed in 1976, also known as Rudo. Brutalist, Socialist architecture in former Yugoslavia.

House of Revolution

House of Revolution

House of Revolution in Bar, Montenegro. Alternative name: Dom Revolucije. Modernist style, Socialist architecture in former Yugoslavia.

Pyramid of Tirana

Pyramid of Tirana

Pyramid of Tirana in Tirana, Albania. Formerly the Enver Hoxha Museum. Completed in 1988; Brutalist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

National Palace of Culture

National Palace of Culture

National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria. Completed 1981. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.

Morača Sports Centre

Morača Sports Centre

Morača Sports Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro. Constructed in 1979; Modernist style, Socialist-era architecture, in former Yugoslavia.

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