{"id":49089,"date":"2022-10-25T23:38:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=49089"},"modified":"2023-10-25T00:18:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T22:18:17","slug":"the-ufo-of-bulgaria-the-strange-ruins-of-the-buzludja-communist-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/10\/25\/the-ufo-of-bulgaria-the-strange-ruins-of-the-buzludja-communist-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"The 'UFO of Bulgaria': the strange ruins of the Buzludja communist monument"},"content":{"rendered":"

Communist dictatorships were characterized by building large monuments with which they sought to express their aspiration to last forever.<\/p>\n

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For the peoples that freed themselves from the communist yoke, fortunately that evil did not last as long as its supporters expected.<\/strong> A vestige of that dark past is the Buzludja Monument, in Bulgaria, built and inaugurated in 1981 by the communist dictatorship that was then in that country. Its strange appearance has led it to be known as the \"UFO of Bulgaria\".<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its construction was a huge waste of resources, since the choice of the place: the top of Mount Buzludja, 1,441 meters high. The monument was abandoned after the fall of communism and was looted over the years.<\/strong> Today its ruins remain, which still attract many onlookers. It's History<\/a> has dedicated it an interesting report:<\/p>\n