One thing I always enjoy about visiting a country that has had a socialist past, is the architecture. I can understand why some don’t enjoy this style, but the clean lines make sense to me. Tirana emerged from its severe dictatorship almost 30 years ago now, but many reminders remain. The brutalist architecture and Skanderbeg …
The Bulgarian Artist Dimitar Kirov
In Old Town, there is a concentration of Bulgarian Revival houses and one of these is Stambolyan House. The Bulgarian artist Dimitar Kirov resided in this home in the 1960’s. In the 80’s and 90’s the house was used as a cultural hub of sorts, for artists of the city. Today, Stambolyan is full of …