The transformation of the Pyramid from a structure in honor of the communist dictator Enver Hoxha to a center for the electronic training of young people has attracted the attention of the prestigious news agency “Reuters”, which in its online edition writes that in this way the country is erasing the last trace which repressive past.<\/p>\n
According to the agency, the change according to the project of the Dutch architect Winy Maas is indicative of the fact that Albania looks towards the future and the strengthening of ties with the European Union.<\/span><\/p>\n “Reuters” recalls how the original architects, among whom was dictator Hoxha’s daughter, Pranvera, designed the building in the form of a pyramid, to glorify the leader as an Egyptian pharaoh.<\/span><\/p>\n The museum was completed in 1988, three years after Hoxha’s death and two years before the irreversible fall of the communist regime, which paved the way for democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n After the anarchic period that followed the fall of communism in the Balkan country, the pyramid-style building was used by children for entertainment, writes “Reuters”.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, renovated, it is equipped with stairs that local and foreign visitors use to climb to the top and see a panoramic view of Tirana, which over the years has turned into a modern city.<\/span><\/p>\n “The cubic interior space contains what appears to be a group of containers, which will serve as classrooms, rising up to the glass dome,” writes “Reuters”.<\/span><\/p>\n The agency recalls how for years, Albanians were divided on how to adapt the Pyramid, with some calling for its demolition and others wanting to preserve it as an architectural icon.<\/span><\/p>\n Over the years, before undergoing transformation, the structure housed a club, a TV channel and even NATO officials during the Alliance’s intervention to stop the 1998-99 war in neighboring Kosovo.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The transformation of the Pyramid from a structure in honor of the communist dictator Enver Hoxha to a center for the electronic training of young people has attracted the attention of the prestigious news agency “Reuters”, which in its online edition writes that in this way the country is erasing the last trace which repressive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":59152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[2280,3973,243,151,2979,2129,3974,323,3898],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n