Telephone Palace in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Completed in 1968 by architect Vasile Mitrea. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Monument to the Victims of June 1956
Monument to the Victims of June 1956 in Poznań, Poland. Completed in 1981. Modernist, Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Lotus Hall
Lotus Hall in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Completed in 1973 by architects D. Taneva and M. Sapundjieva. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Fraternal Barrow to the Fallen in the Antifascist Struggle
Fraternal Barrow to the Fallen in the Antifascist Struggle in Varna, Bulgaria (1959). Socialist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Most SNP
Most SNP (UFO Bridge) in Bratislava, Slovakia. Constructed between 1967 and 1972. Modernist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
The Mound of Brotherhood
The Mound of Brotherhood in Sofia, Bulgaria. Completed in 1956. Socialist-era war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Memorial to the Soviet Army
Memorial to the Soviet Army in Shumen, Bulgaria. Completed in 1948 by sculptor A. Zankov. Socialist war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Žižkov Television Tower
Žižkov Television Tower in Prague, Czech Republic. Completed 1992. Modernist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria
Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria in Sofia. Completed in 1981 and demolished in 2017. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
National Museum of History
National Museum of History in Tirana, Albania. Completed in 1981. Modernist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Hungarian-Soviet Friendship Memorial
Hungarian-Soviet Friendship Memorial, part of Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary. Created in 1956. Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the Child Martyrs
Monument to the Child Martyrs in Łódź, Poland Completed in 1971 by sculptor Jadwiga Janus. Communist memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.