{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Exploration"],"cover":{"alt":"Urbex: Abandoned Communist UFO","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/Abandoned-Communist-UFO.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2012-03-14T16:08:16Z","description":"The Buzludzha building in Bulgaria looks like a massive Communist UFO! Urban explorer Timothy Allen recently explored and photographed the abandoned, icebound dome...","html":"\u003cp\u003eLooks like the Soviets really built an UFO, or at least a building which looks like an RLV, a reusable launch vehicle\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to \u003ca href=\"http://humanplanet.com/timothyallen/2012/02/buzludzha-buzludja-bulgaria/\"\u003eTimothy Allen\u003c/a\u003e the Communist UFO-shaped Buzludzha building (pronounced Buz’ol’ja) in the Balkan Mountains is Bulgaria’s largest ideological monument to Communism which was left to ruin after the revolution in 1989. Nowadays, Buzludzha is still there, icebound, almost forgotten and abandoned, with stories that sound like parts of science fiction classics\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuried in the monument’s concrete structure, is a time capsule containing a message for future generations explaining the significance of the building. The decor was a sumptuous mixture of marble and glass including a magnificent main hall containing 500sq metres of mosaic fresco depicting Bulgarian and Soviet communist themes. Today, this incredible derelict building stands as an iconic monument to an abandoned ideology.\u003c/em\u003e (Timothy Allen)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter viewing Timothy’s photos, I came to the conclusion, that this decaying build, with its extravagant architecture, is definitely one of the \u003ca href=\"/top-10-abandoned-places/\"\u003etop abandoned places\u003c/a\u003e around the world and probably a main-target for all urban explorers in that area!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUrbex Photographers:\u003c/strong\u003e\nInterested in urban exploration? Check out some of the world’s \u003ca href=\"/urban-exploration-photography/\"\u003egreatest urbex photographers\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_7a9e748acd536d58.avif 480w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_48232dc45c1a46e8.avif 960w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_be8fb9c40b5d5a86.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_f05aa3149b079c3e.webp 480w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_74e77135bb821a3c.webp 960w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_93ba3b0a3c9efb62.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_df65d5aa18dc2630.jpg\" srcset=\"/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_384a81d56028e617.jpg 480w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_2cbc9a2b256e2a14.jpg 960w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen_hu_df65d5aa18dc2630.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"Communist UFO\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eCommunist UFO\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_71aa18e22589143e.avif 480w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_b37a4d80647a34c.avif 960w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_16716d622fcf9088.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_d6e2fa3d18618d73.webp 480w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_ca0bb937918ef351.webp 960w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_e4280e5e2574b249.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_f1f622aa73971fe8.jpg\" srcset=\"/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_7f0c89ff79261580.jpg 480w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_5e45985f9bcb4215.jpg 960w, /urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo_hu_f1f622aa73971fe8.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"Abandoned UFO\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eAbandoned UFO\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.crackajack.de/2012/03/03/abandoned-communist-monument-%E2%80%9Eufo-frozen-in-snowy-mountains/\"\u003ecrackajack.de\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/icebound-long-abandoned-commu.html\"\u003eboingboing.net\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\nLooks like the Soviets really built an UFO, or at least a building which looks like an RLV, a reusable launch vehicle...\n\nAccording to [Timothy Allen](http://humanplanet.com/timothyallen/2012/02/buzludzha-buzludja-bulgaria/) the Communist UFO-shaped Buzludzha building (pronounced Buz’ol’ja) in the Balkan Mountains is Bulgaria’s largest ideological monument to Communism which was left to ruin after the revolution in 1989. Nowadays, Buzludzha is still there, icebound, almost forgotten and abandoned, with stories that sound like parts of science fiction classics...\n\n*Buried in the monument’s concrete structure, is a time capsule containing a message for future generations explaining the significance of the building. The decor was a sumptuous mixture of marble and glass including a magnificent main hall containing 500sq metres of mosaic fresco depicting Bulgarian and Soviet communist themes. Today, this incredible derelict building stands as an iconic monument to an abandoned ideology.* (Timothy Allen)\n\nAfter viewing Timothy’s photos, I came to the conclusion, that this decaying build, with its extravagant architecture, is definitely one of the [top abandoned places](/top-10-abandoned-places/) around the world and probably a main-target for all urban explorers in that area!\n\n**Urbex Photographers:**\nInterested in urban exploration? Check out some of the world’s [greatest urbex photographers](/urban-exploration-photography/)!\n\n![Communist UFO](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/bulgaria-timothy-allen.jpg\u003e)\n\nCommunist UFO ![Abandoned UFO](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/urbex-bulgaria-ufo.jpg\u003e)\n\nAbandoned UFO\n\nVia [crackajack.de](http://www.crackajack.de/2012/03/03/abandoned-communist-monument-%E2%80%9Eufo-frozen-in-snowy-mountains/) and [boingboing.net](http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/icebound-long-abandoned-commu.html).\n","tags":["Urban Planning","European Urbanism","Urban Exploration Photography"],"title":"Urbex: Abandoned Communist UFO","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urbex-abandoned-communist-ufo/"}