The Pyramid represents, definitely one of the most complex, and special buildings representative of the historical, cultural and political discourse of the city of Tirana. The project for the Pyramid was realized from a group of architects Pranvera Hoxha(Enver Hoxha’s doughter), Klement Kolaneci, Pirro Vaso and Vladimir Bregu in a total amount of time of three years with the main purpose of being the Communist Diktator’s Mausoleum, Museum of Enver Hoxha. In 1988 the building became functional and worked as such until 1992 with the capitulation of the Communist regime. Afterwards the building w‹›
Pyramid of Tirana

MVRDV

Interior · Tirana, Albania · 1988

Photo: JoraK · 2007-01-14 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 3264×1840

The Pyramid represents, definitely one of the most complex, and special buildings representative of the historical, cultural and political discourse of the city of Tirana. The project for the Pyramid was realized from a group of architects Pranvera Hoxha(Enver Hoxha’s doughter), Klement Kolaneci, Pirro Vaso and Vladimir Bregu in a total amount of time of three years with the main purpose of being the Communist Diktator’s Mausoleum, Museum of Enver Hoxha. In 1988 the building became functional and worked as such until 1992 with the capitulation of the Communist regime. Afterwards the building w

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