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Communist Architecture

Pantheon of National Revival Heroes

A Soviet-style monument, built after transferring the remains of heroes from their graves.

Gurgulyat, Bulgaria

Mother Bulgaria Pantheon

While it would not look out of place among Serbian spomeniks, this massive Bulgarian monument commemorates one of their defeats.

Nuclear Bunkers of Nowa Huta

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.

Bankya, Bulgaria

Bankya Residence

Now a ruin, this grand resort was coveted by a communist autocrat and an eccentric Japanese golfer.

The Big Bunker, located on a slope of Albania's Llogara Pass

Palasë, Albania

Big Bunker

Climb into Albania's communist history while enjoying a spectacular ocean view.

Permanently Closed

Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Interhotel Veliko Tarnovo

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

Parts of the Berlin Wall just outside of the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, Florida.

St. Petersburg, Florida

Berlin Wall Section in St. Petersburg

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

Stomoplo, Bulgaria

Perla 2

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

Minsk KFC

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

816 Underground Nuclear Plant.

816 Underground Nuclear Plant

This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.

The strange and beautiful Buzludzha Monument.

communist architecture

Bulgaria's Abandoned Communist Monument Gets a Lifeline

The Buzludzha Memorial House has a polarizing history and an uncertain future.

Evan Nicole Brown July 23, 2019

Church of the Holy Heart of Jesus

Podgorica, Montenegro

Brutalist Church of Podgorica

This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.

The palace.

Bucharest, Romania

Palace of the Parliament

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Angel sculptures hanging from the Cathedral of Brasília.

Brasília, Brazil

Cathedral of Brasília

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

View of the studio.

Melnikov House

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

The monument and its surroundings.

Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

Looking up the inside of the memorial tower

Novo Selo Palanječko, Croatia

Monument to the Detachment in Brezovica Forest

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Garavice Memorial Park

A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.