Albania 2003 Bunkers

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Enver Hoxha (1908-1985) was for 40 years an albanese dictator and a communist leader. He decided after the historic break with Russia in 1961 during the cold war period to protect his country by investing in a massive fortification. He covered Albania with bunkers to protect the country against all foreign invasions - more than a million bunkers were built over the years till 1985. What are now these useless concrete structures? Hay storage depots, seaside bars or just plain ruins ? From the...
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Enver Hoxha (1908-1985) was for 40 years an albanese dictator and a communist leader. He decided after the historic break with Russia in 1961 during the cold war period to protect his country by investing in a massive fortification. He covered Albania with bunkers to protect the country against all foreign invasions - more than a million bunkers were built over the years till 1985. What are now these useless concrete structures? Hay storage depots, seaside bars or just plain ruins ? From the south to the north of the country, a journey downs a still omnipresent past. These bunkers are true utopic wastes and real contemporary archeological vestiges.
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