Artwork “Septenarius” in Galați, Romania. Completed in 1976 by sculptor Ingo. Socialist sculpture in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Monument to the Mariner
Monument to the Mariner in Brăila, Romania. Completed in 1959 by sculptor Mircea Stefanescu. Socialist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Tulcea Railway Station
Railway Station in Tulcea, Romania. Completed in 1972 by architect Irina Rosetti. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Collective Housing Complex ‘Round Block’
Collective Housing Complex ‘Round Block’ in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1977. Brutalist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Rectorat, Politehnica University of Bucharest
Rectorat, part of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1969. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Hotel Cetate
Hotel Cetate in Alba Iulia, a small city in central Romania. Completed in 1979. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
The Telephone Palace
Telephone Palace in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Completed in 1968 by architect Vasile Mitrea. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to the Victims of June 1956
Monument to the Victims of June 1956 in Poznań, Poland. Completed in 1981. Modernist, Communist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Lotus Hall
Lotus Hall in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Completed in 1973 by architects D. Taneva and M. Sapundjieva. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Fraternal Barrow to the Fallen in the Antifascist Struggle
Fraternal Barrow to the Fallen in the Antifascist Struggle in Varna, Bulgaria (1959). Socialist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Most SNP
Most SNP (UFO Bridge) in Bratislava, Slovakia. Constructed between 1967 and 1972. Modernist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
The Mound of Brotherhood
The Mound of Brotherhood in Sofia, Bulgaria. Completed in 1956. Socialist-era war memorial in the former Eastern Bloc.