Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije



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Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije
Politička škola SKJ - Croatia / Jugoslavije


 

A shining example of Brutalism, Kumrovec's political school was built in the hills of Yugoslavia to honor the country's leader, Josip Tito. This copper-clad, sprawling, stealth aircraft-shaped building was designed in the 1970s, when the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was at its zenith, and with an eternal supply of optimism at hand, it was only natural that the new political school's design be Brutalist. The facility opened in 1981 to much fanfare, hosting political leaders from around the world and boasting a library fully stocked of materials on socialism and communism. But with Tito's passing the year before and no contingency plan in place for running Yugoslavia, the political school operated for less than a decade before rendering itself obsolete in 1990. the school also hosted Vukovar's refugees in the 1990s.