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here's something you can watch about buzluzha htt...

2009-08-05T14:41:08.349-07:00

here's something you can watch about buzluzha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHKwX73dNmw&feature=channel_page

of just go to youtube and do a search for 'road to buzludja'

On the left hand side of the picture it says: On f...

2009-07-20T16:30:41.450-07:00

On the left hand side of the picture it says: On foot, Oh, miserable serfs! On foot, you slaves of work! Suppressed and humiliated, stand up against the enemy! Let's without pity, without mercy demolish...[I can't read the rest of the last two lines].
On the right hand side: Male Workers, Female Worker from every where come together. Charge (Forward)! Comrades courageously to build our great deed. To work and to create - to enlighten the worker!...[Again I'm unable to read the last two lines].

As far as I know this building was some kind of ceremonial place for the Bulgarian Communist Party. After 1990, the change to democracy must have rendered the building irrelevant. I personally have never been there, and I suppose that its remote location just makes it unsuitable to be used for anything.

Kind of sums up communism, Looks great on the outs...

2009-05-29T21:57:06.318-07:00

Kind of sums up communism, Looks great on the outside, stunning and progressive but once inside, a decayed mess of emptiness. Then again that could be said for many of the world governments...

A Psytrance Festival would be great fun there too!...

2009-05-08T19:54:00.000-07:00

A Psytrance Festival would be great fun there too!!!

I'm trying to determine if this structure was mono...

2009-04-22T07:43:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to determine if this structure was monolithic concrete construction or precast segments. Does anyone know?

Wow. Stunning. Check this out: http://www.flickr.c...

2009-04-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

Wow. Stunning. Check this out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mastababa/2638838968/in/set-72157594477637452/
(Not my photos, my camera was broken when I was there, alas.)
That monument is in Varna, on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. Very much in the same style and of the same era as the flying saucer. Officially, the Varna Liberation Monument (search Flickr for that phrase for more images) was built to commemorate the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottomans by Russian forces in 1877 (someone should fact-check that). Unofficially, it served to remind the Bulgarians who was really in charge of their country in the 1970s: the USSR. The Varna monument, like the flying saucer, is totally trashed inside, there is evidence of serious partying. It contains big meeting rooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, it's huge, and was surely magnificent in its brief heyday. Who knows if it was ever actually used, these kinds of communist buildings are almost totally ceremonial, not functional.

I agree with David... what does the slavic languag...

2009-04-04T19:43:00.000-07:00

I agree with David... what does the slavic language read on the entry? And what is the hands and flames monument that is also shown, was it somehow a part of the site or a coincidence of location?

The partial signage on the face of the building is...

2009-04-02T15:16:00.000-07:00

The partial signage on the face of the building is The Internationale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internationale#Original_French_lyrics_and_copyright

Wow, love the shadowy labelscar left by the giant ...

2009-03-24T12:16:00.000-07:00

Wow, love the shadowy labelscar left by the giant letters taken off their mounting hook (as seen in the 6th & 7th photos down).

Great entry, great site--thanks.

David B., just sayin' here very inexactly:

Big monument to socialism prob. went out of style in the wake of Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact dissolution.

@MatutinoThis is not true. The monument you're ref...

2009-03-21T11:16:00.000-07:00

@Matutino

This is not true. The monument you're referring to is the monument on Shipka mt. The building shown is on Buzludzha mt. and it used to be a place where communists held some of their gatherings. Unfortunately, many people died during the erection of the building.

HTH,
Pavel

Absolutely incredible. Thanks for the post.

2009-03-14T19:12:00.000-07:00

Absolutely incredible. Thanks for the post.

I so want to play a gig there with my band, don't ...

2009-02-19T07:44:00.000-08:00

I so want to play a gig there with my band, don't care if no-one shows up :) All we need is a couple of generators and a PA. And beer, lots of beer.

Okay, but you haven't explained what is the purpos...

2009-02-18T15:27:00.000-08:00

Okay, but you haven't explained what is the purpose in the structure and why is it abandoned. When was it built and when was it abandoned?

What does the partial signage on the face of the building say?

Another interesting east-European political site w...

2009-02-16T14:53:00.000-08:00

Another interesting east-European political site would be the Hitler's gigantic but ruined bunkers in Poland.

i found the answer in one of the links you give: "...

2009-01-15T16:49:00.000-08:00

i found the answer in one of the links you give: "In 1961 a monument was built here to commemorate this act of heroism."

Found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazanlak#Buzludzha_National_Park

;)

are you sure that it was made in 1891? Because of ...

2009-01-15T16:45:00.000-08:00

are you sure that it was made in 1891? Because of the design i would say that is more logical to think it was made in 1981... isn´t it?