14 Abandoned World War II Monuments That Look Like They're From The Future
October 27, 2015
To commemorate sites where WWII battles took place, former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s had monuments built. The massive structures were designed by different sculptors (Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, to name a few) conveying powerful visual impact to show the confidence and strength of the Socialist Republic.
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In the 1980s, these monuments attracted millions of visitors per year. But after the Republic dissolved in the early 1990s, they were completely abandoned, and their symbolic meanings were forever lost.
From 2006 to 2009, photographer Jan Kempenaers toured the ex-Yugoslavia region (now Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.) with the help of a 1975 map of memorials, bringing before our eyes this series of melancholy yet striking images...
Podgarić
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Tjentište
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Kosmaj
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Kruševo
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Kozara
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Ilirska Bistrica
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Jasenovac
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Niš
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Knin
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Kadinjača
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Mitrovica
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Zenica
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Sisak
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
Nikšić
Credit: Jan Kempenaers
(h/t) Cracked 2. Photos by: Jan Kempenaers
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