Kinetic Fountain and Cascade in Brăila, Romania. Completed in 1989 by sculptor Constantin Lucaci. Socialist-era sculpture in the former Eastern Bloc.
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“Evolutie”
A sculpture entitled “Evolutie” in Galați, Romania. Completed in 1976 by sculptor Bela Crisan. Modern art in the former Eastern Bloc.
“The Archer”
“The Archer” in Constanţa, Romania. Completed in 1961 by sculptor, Ion Jalea. Socialist-era sculpture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Propeller Memorial
Propeller Memorial (La Elice) in Galați, Romania. Completed in 1974 by sculptor Mircea Roibu. Socialist-era memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Hotel Traian
Hotel Traian in Brăila, Romania. Completed in 1971. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
House of the Free Press
House of the Free Press in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1957 in Stalinist Empire style. Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Residential Building
Large mosaic on the side of a residential building in Tulcea, Romania. Socialist artwork in the former Eastern Bloc.
Carrefour Market
Former Short Distance Railway Station) in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument ‘The Defence of Kavarna’
Monument ‘The Defence of Kavarna’ in the Black Sea coastal town of Kavarna, Bulgaria. Socialist-era sculpture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Pantheon of the Immortality
Memorial Complex to the Fighters Against Fascism and Capitalism in Razgrad, Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the Fallen Antifascists
Monument to the Fallen Antifascists in Tâzha, Bulgaria. Completed in 1974. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to Prosperity
Monument to Prosperity on the outskirts of the Black Sea coastal town of Kavarna, Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.