Carrefour Market (former Short Distance Railway Station) in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
former Eastern Bloc Blog Posts
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.
Monument to Borimechka
Monument to Borimechka in Klisura, Bulgaria. Completed in 1976 by sculptor, Metodi Izmirliev. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Ram Monument
Ram Monument on the outskirts of Veselinovo, a village in Yambol district of Bulgaria. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to Freedom
Monument to Freedom in Stozher, Bulgaria. Created by sculptor Asen Popov. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Cartoon Hotel
Cartoon Hotel in Razgrad, Bulgaria. Completed in 1983. Formerly Hotel-Restaurant Razgrad. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the first Soviet tractor in Bulgaria
Monument to the first Soviet tractor in Bulgaria in Veselinovo (Yambol district). Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
“Young Miner”
“Young Miner” in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Completed in 1952 by sculptor, Antonín Ivanský. Communist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
New Town Hall
New Town Hall in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Completed in 1930. An example of early modernist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.