03 Hungary Budapest Memento Park Oct 21 10/5/21

Memento Park is an outdoor museum of the era of Soviet occupation
0001 HUNGARY: BUDAPEST, MEMENTO PARK An outdoor museum of the era of Soviet rule, on the city's highest hilltop
1 HUNGARY: BUDAPEST, MEMENTO PARK
An outdoor museum of the era of Soviet rule, on the city's highest hilltop
0002 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...
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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0004 The plain brickwork evokes the austerity of that time
4 The plain brickwork evokes the austerity of that time
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0013 The red star symbolized the regime, appearing on all its buildings
13 The red star symbolized the regime, appearing on all its buildings
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0019 The much-mocked Trabant was the people's car, reviled for its poor workmanship
19 The much-mocked Trabant was the people's car, reviled for its poor workmanship
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