[1/5] Tourists visit the redesigned pyramid that was formerly a museum built to honour late Communist dictator Enver Hoxha, in Tirana, Albania, August 18, 2023.
REUTERS/Florion Goga Acquire Licensing RightsTIRANA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A museum built in Albania in the 1980s to honour longtime Communist dictator Enver Hoxha is being transformed into a computer training centre for young people, removing a final vestige of the country's isolated and repressive past.
The original architects, which included Hoxha's daughter Pranvera, designed the building in the shape of a pyramid glorifying the leader as an Egyptian-style pharaoh.
The museum was finished in 1988, three years after Hoxha died and two years before reclusive Communist rule collapsed, giving way to democracy.
"It was an architectural monument like no others," said Ilda Qazimllari, director of investments in the office of the Tirana mayor.
Persons:
Enver Hoxha, Florion, Hoxha, Winy Maas, Pranvera, Leon Cika, Ilda Qazimllari, Fatos Bytyci, Mark Heinrich Our
Organizations:
Tourists, REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Thomson
Locations:
Tirana, Albania, Rights TIRANA, Dutch, Soviet, Europe, Balkan, Kosovo