Spaç Prison
The Spaç Prison (Albanian: Burgu i Spaçit) was a political prison in Communist Albania at the village of Spaç. The former prison is listed as a second-category national monument. There were plans to turn the rapidly deteriorating site into a museum,[1] but as of February 2013, no progress had been made at the location. In 1973, a number of prisoners staged a rebellion where the non-communist flag was raised. In 1984, a similar rebellion took place at the prison of Qafë Bar.[2]
In 2015, the prison was listed by the New York–based organisation World Monument Fund as one of the 50 most endangered monuments worldwide.[3]
In 2019, Tirana-based organization Cultural Heritage without Border - Albania, with the help of a team of students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute created a publicly accessible digital reconstruction of the Spaç Prison.[4]
See also
- Forced labour camps in Communist Albania
- Prison of Burrel
References
External links
- Spaç prison on Youtube
- See the location of former political prison of Spaç on Google Map
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