Socialist Yugoslavia reconstructed a land destroyed by fighting with concrete to show the power of a state between eastern and western power
These monuments were commissioned by Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960's and 1970's to commemorate sites where World War I...
In one of those insane acts that define modern war, NATO airplanes in 1999 (Operation Noble Anvil) bombed Belgrade and a random bomb destroyed part of the Belgrade Zoo. Prince, a Siberian tiger bec…
These countries stopped existing in the last century.
Visiting Yugoslavia was always on my bucket list, and that was something which not even a collapse of the country would change.
The former European country of Yugoslavia (1945-1992) is now composed of Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Bosnia.
National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia in Skopje, North Macedonia. Completed in 1975. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has collected a vast amount of factual evidence on the horrific events that took place in July 1995 in Srebrenica and has persecuted many of those who were responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity. Nevertheless, 25 years later, the denial of the Srebrenica genocide continues and is even on the rise.
Visiting Yugoslavia was always on my bucket list, and that was something which not even a collapse of the country would change.
Once a target of critical abuse—its name the reclamation of an insult—Brutalism is back, in a “long overdue intellectual revival.” The monumental concrete behemoths that characterize its style have been associated with faceless modernist excesses, the former Yugoslavia and decaying ex-Soviet republics, soulless, inhumane public housing. Some of the negative associations stick, in the … Continue reading "Incredible Photos of Brutalist Architecture in the Former Yugoslavia From 1948-1980"
According to CNNGo, Dubrovnik is among the 10 best preserved medieval walled cities in the world. Although Dubrovnik was demilitarised in the 1970s to protect it from war, in 1991, after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) for seven months and received significant shelling damage. Wikipedia Former Yugoslavia-Greece tour 1984
Socialist Yugoslavia reconstructed a land destroyed by fighting with concrete to show the power of a state between eastern and western power
Zagreb Fair (Administrative building) in Croatia. Completed 1965. Architect Zrinka Andrijević. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Spomenik: Monument to the Start of the Revolutionary Struggle in Vlasotince, Serbia. Completed in 1975. Socialist monument in the former Yugoslavia.
During the 1960s and 70s, the country's then president, Josip Broz Tito, ordered their construction to demonstrate the strength of the socialist republic throughout the Balkans.
No one can seem to agree.
These monuments were commissioned by Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960's and 1970's to commemorate sites where World War I...
You don’t have to go halfway across the world to seek board for £5 a night and 50p beers because plenty of Europe can be explored on a budget
Podgaric – Photograph by Jan Kempenaers Below you will find an incredible collection of photographs by Jan Kempenaers. All of the images are from his book, simply titled Spomenik. You …
Hunting for 'Spomeniks' in the Balkans. I visited 37 Yugoslav-era monuments in 30 days – here's everything I learned along the way.
With its glorious blue waters, ancient ruins and olive groves, Croatia is one of Europe's most unsung delights - as Libby Purves discovers on a walking tour of the Dalmatian coast
Spomenik: Ilinden Memorial in Kruševo, North Macedonia. Constructed in 1974. Also called the Makedonium. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Hunting for 'Spomeniks' in the Balkans. I visited 37 Yugoslav-era monuments in 30 days – here's everything I learned along the way.
