1 HUNGARY: BUDAPEST, MEMENTO PARK
An outdoor museum of the era of Soviet rule, on the city's highest hilltop
2 Why here? Because this is where an enormous bronze Stalin towered over the city. During the 1956 revolution, the statue was cut down, leaving only these Ozymandias-like legs.
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4 The plain brickwork evokes the austerity of that time
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6 Soviet heroes
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13 The red star symbolized the regime, appearing on all its buildings
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19 The much-mocked Trabant was the people's car, reviled for its poor workmanship
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03 Hungary Budapest Memento Park Oct 21