The Shumen Grand Hotel in Shumen, central Bulgaria. Completed in 1989. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Freedom Monument
Freedom Monument at Shipka Pass in central Bulgaria. Completed in 1934 by sculptor Aleksandar Andreev. War memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.
Festival and Congress Centre
Festival and Congress Centre in Varna, Bulgaria. Completed in 1986. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to General Major Tsvyatko Radoynov
Monument to General Major Tsvyatko Radoynov in Krân, Bulgaria. Completed in 1985. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Municipality Hall
Municipality Hall (formerly Communist Party House) in Shumen, Bulgaria. Completed in 1970. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the Buzludzha Congress
Monument to the Buzludzha Congress in central Bulgaria. Completed in 1961. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Vasil Drumev Drama and Puppet Theatre
Vasil Drumev Drama and Puppet Theatre in Shumen, Bulgaria. Completed in 1981. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to Bulgarian-Russian Friendship
Monument to Bulgarian-Russian Friendship on the outskirts of Chargan, Bulgaria. Completed in 1987. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
“Movement”
Sculpture entitled “Movement” in Varna, Bulgaria. Completed in 1972 by sculptor Evgeni Baramov. Socialist-era monument 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.