The Monument to the Uprising of the People of Kordun and Banija (simply known as the Petrova Gora Monument) is a World War II monument built on Veliki Petrovac, the highest peak of Petrova Gora, a mountain range in central Croatia. Preserving the memory of the civilian victims and fighters killed in action against fascism, the concept proposed by sculptor Vojin Bakić was chosen in a competition in 1974. The project was funded with public and private donations, as well as with a loan which Yugoslavia raised from the International Monetary Fund.
The construction was very demanding due to the complex design and the remoteness of the site, which first had to be equipped with infrastructure (road, electricity, and water). The blueprints for Bakić’s sculptural design were drafted by architect Berislav Šerbetić. The building is a 37m tall concrete structure clad in panels made from stainless steel imported from Sweden and arranged in five layers undulating lengthwise. From the car park and the visitor centre, a long flight of steps leads to the building. The interior with a floor area of 3000sqm initially featured a 250-seat congress hall, a library, a reading room, a café, and a museum.
Despite being a notable example of the Yugoslavian Modernist Movement, with the onset of the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s the monument at Petrova Gora fell into disrepair and was targeted and attacked by vandals. Over the subsequent decades it became completely defaced, looted and demolished, with all its historical artifacts and relics contained within its museum and archives being taken or destroyed. As a result, nowadays the building is in a much worse state that the photo in this post, taken in 2010, shows.
joaoslr says
The Monument to the Uprising of the People of Kordun and Banija (simply known as the Petrova Gora Monument) is a World War II monument built on Veliki Petrovac, the highest peak of Petrova Gora, a mountain range in central Croatia. Preserving the memory of the civilian victims and fighters killed in action against fascism, the concept proposed by sculptor Vojin Bakić was chosen in a competition in 1974. The project was funded with public and private donations, as well as with a loan which Yugoslavia raised from the International Monetary Fund.
The construction was very demanding due to the complex design and the remoteness of the site, which first had to be equipped with infrastructure (road, electricity, and water). The blueprints for Bakić’s sculptural design were drafted by architect Berislav Šerbetić. The building is a 37m tall concrete structure clad in panels made from stainless steel imported from Sweden and arranged in five layers undulating lengthwise. From the car park and the visitor centre, a long flight of steps leads to the building. The interior with a floor area of 3000sqm initially featured a 250-seat congress hall, a library, a reading room, a café, and a museum.
Despite being a notable example of the Yugoslavian Modernist Movement, with the onset of the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s the monument at Petrova Gora fell into disrepair and was targeted and attacked by vandals. Over the subsequent decades it became completely defaced, looted and demolished, with all its historical artifacts and relics contained within its museum and archives being taken or destroyed. As a result, nowadays the building is in a much worse state that the photo in this post, taken in 2010, shows.
More info: https://www.spomenikdatabase.org/petrova-gora
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Crossposted from /r/ModernistArchitecture
redditreloaded says
Frank Gehry got beat by a couple decades.
HipsterSamuraiJack says
Shout out to UMO!
Paunchy43 says
It’s obviously a transformer.
Ouchglassinbutt says
Looks like something out of fallout 4