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The Monument House of the Bulgarian Communist Party (Bulgarian: Дом паметник на БКП, romanized: Dom pametnik na BKP), also known as the Buzludzha Monument (/ ˈ b ʊ z l ʊ d ʒ ə /), was built on Buzludzha Peak in central Bulgaria by the Bulgarian communist government and inaugurated in 1981.
Following a desire for a national monument at the peak to commemorate these events (proposed as early as 1898) the Buzludzha Monument was built from 1974 to 1981, by public subscription. [8] The site has several other monuments to its history: A statue of Hadzhi Dimitar, a relief of the 1891 Congress, and a monument to the partisans who fought ...
The Buzludzha Monument was finished in 1981 -- but it was abandoned in 1989, the same year that the Bulgarian Communist regime fell. Take a look inside an abandoned $35M Communist monument Skip to ...
Georgi Vladimirov Stoilov (Bulgarian: Георги Владимиров Стоилов; 3 April 1929 – 14 December 2022) was a Bulgarian architect and politician best known for designing the Buzludzha Monument.
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Bulgaria" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Buzludzha monument: A futurist monument built by the Bulgarian Communist Party that looks like a communist spaceship – especially on the inside. Carpatho-Ukraine: The third-shortest-lived state in history (see Benin Republic in Nigeria); it was independent for only 24 hours. Cerne Abbas Giant: An indecent chalk man in the English countryside.
Buzludzha National Park rises east of the Shipka pass. It is a very important part of Bulgarian history – here, on 30 July 1868, Hadzhi Dimitar fell in battle. He was at the head of a small group of rebels fighting the numerous Turkish enemy. In 1961 a monument was built here to commemorate this act of heroism.
Buzludzha and the time of the meeting were chosen due to the fact that at the same place and time, massive celebrations of the anniversary of the death of Hadzhi Dimitar were being held. Because of this, the small group remained unknown and held its meeting.