el Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

🇭🇷🌳🌳UNEXPECTED PLACES

Strolling around in Croatian woodlands, because, why not: I found this

What's that? It's not on the city tourist's map🤔

Looks like an altar for doing some weird witchcraft: I may see some outcast weirdos congregating here in the middle of the woods far away from the town centre

Well, no: this is the seat of the first Congress of the Croatian Communist Party

What you find walking randomly in Croatian forests, near Samobor's ruined castle

#Samobor #Croatia #Communism

Aug 16, 2025 at 9:25amWeb
Show threadZeljka ZorzAug 22, 2025
@elCelio we had a penchant for ‘brutalist’ monuments while Yugoslavia lasted.. https://youthpeaceambassadors.medium.com/yugoslavia-through-the-lens-of-the-forgotten-monuments-b6f376d72258
YUGOSLAVIA THROUGH THE LENS OF THE FORGOTTEN MONUMENTS

An important historical moment after WWII was the birth of socialism as a response to the fascistic and cruel regimes during the war…

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Show threadel Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Aug 22, 2025

@zeljkazorz
they are mostly terrible 😅

what saves this monument is the woodland around, with the moss and the lichens that try to live on it.

Show threadZeljka ZorzAug 22, 2025
@elCelio they are not ‘pretty’, but I like them. They are usually surrounded by nature, and they serve a purpose: most often, to remind us of the people who gave their lives for freedom. I’m thankful for what they did AND for the reminder. This one is close to where I live: