Monument to the Miner Fighters
Location: Labin, Croatia
Completed: 1983
Architects: Berislav Iskra (architect) and Quintino Bassani (sculptor)
Genre: Spomenik, Socialist monument, former Yugoslavia
The monument commemorates the 1921 miners’ strike in Labin that quickly became an anti-fascist rebellion and was eventually suppressed by the Italian administration in Istria at the behest of the mine owners themselves. The insurrection is considered to be the world’s first anti-fascist uprising and a number of miners died during the uprising. More information about the Monument to the Miner Fighters.
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