Spomenik Database

The Spomenik Database is an educational resource intended to catalog and explore the abstract monuments & modernist architecture of the former-Yugoslavia.

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As of today, Sept 25th, my new book "Spomenik Monument Database" is officially for sale in the United States. It can be ordered at the Amazon link below, but if Amazon is not available in your region, you can also order it directly from @FuelPublishing!
https://t.co/CeKXPqLo7K

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I've just published a new article over at Spomenik Database that explores the heritage of "Tito Towns" across the former Yugoslavia. There were eight in total, from Titograd to Titov Veles. Check out my article to learn the history about each of them: https://t.co/Y4JKok4cZX

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I just published a new profile page at Spomenik Database for the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, where I explore the heritage surrounding the WWII monuments and objects of the Yugoslav-era. Let me know what you think: http:https://t.co/4EIk8YQzMA

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And its getting demolished as we speak, we are losing another landmark, needless to say that I am heart broken

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We've just published an article about the history of the superyacht "Galeb" or "Seagull" that was utilized by Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito in his diplomatic globe trotting towards the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement. Check it out here: https://t.co/ck2iASeiqU

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Hello followers. I reach out to you today because I am desperately attempting to contact Aleš Lenassi, the son of famous Slovene sculptor Janez Lenassi, who created numerous Yugoslav-era monuments. Please respond or message me if you are aware of how to contact him. Thank you!

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Here we are at Round 8 of crowd-sourcing out some investigation to my followers to help me locate some Yugoslav monument sites that I have, as of yet, been unable to track down. Let's see if anyone can help me to pin point these elusive sites!

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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo. On this special day, I wanted to revisit my old article about the architectural history & heritage that was created for the games and examine how it stands today. https://t.co/LBnVUQJKpl

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We have just published over at Spomenik Database a new profile page for the area of Brod (Slavonski Brod and what was formerly known as Bosanski Brod). We investigate its WWII sites there, as well as the Yugoslsav heritage of the region. https://t.co/288QKixFoh

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We just published a new profile page for Podgorica, Montenegro at Spomenik Database, with a concentration on the Mausoleum to Partisan Fighters on Gorica Hill by sculptor Drago Đurović and architect Vojislav Đokić in 1967. Let us know what you think: https://t.co/NFd3tzg7vj

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We've just published over at Spomenik Database a new profile page for the Vojvodina city of Kikinda, SRB, which explores over a dozen Yugoslav-era WWII monuments & historic sites across that region. Feel free to explore it and let us know what you think: https://t.co/EMUL9dZgKI

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@clesliephoto @oggitomic @PCRCBiH @affleckquine2 Awesome project, I'd love to hear more about it.

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We have just published a new article over at Spomenik Database investigating the cultural history and architectural heritage of the Zagreb Trade Fair (Zagrebački velesajam). Check it out and let me know what you think:
https://t.co/pyujQ6gOnb

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Here is a recent photo shared with me by Alessandro DiGennaro showing the forgotten overgrown ruins of the destroyed Monument to Fallen Fighters located in Radučić, HR (near Knin), with a close up on the bullet-marked crest of Yugoslavia.

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Yesterday, I learned about this interesting monument in Weimar, Germany titled "Monument to the March Dead", created by Walter Gropius. While this at first looks like an expression of 1960s concrete brutalism, this is actually from 1922. Gropius was certainly ahead of his time.

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Here we see a photo I took of the Monument on Freedom Hill at Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia. It was created in 1965 by sculptor Janez Lenassi & architect Živa Baraga-Moškona. A crypt beneath the work contains fallen fighters of WWII. For more info: https://t.co/bv4Oh8DK6g

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Here we see a recent photo of what was originally the "Yugoslavia Pavilion" at the Venice Bienalle, created in 1932 by Italian architect Brenno Del Giudice. Today, it is used by Serbia for its exhibitions. Photo by Tihomir Dičić.

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For anyone in Zagreb, make sure you don't miss out on the YugoLogo exhibition being put on by my friend Ognjen Ranković at the Croatian Designers Association. It will be going on until June 2nd, so, make sure not to miss it! For more info: https://t.co/qevpFJE9g8

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A photo I found from a rug advertisement in a 1960s architectural magazine for the company "Industrija Tepiha Ivanjica" showing their textiles on display in the Hotel Yugoslavia in Belgrade. Very stylish!

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@notnotnotclippy I will fix this. Thanks for the heads up.

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@Pedro_Torrijos Thank you for the shout out.