Albania’s radical former leader, Enver Hoxha, was among them. So scared was he of being invaded that the isolationist dictator dedicated half of his iron-clad 40-year rule to the countrywide ...
The idea of his former home in Albania's capital being opened up to all and sundry would have horrified Enver Hoxha, the ...
Beaches, crystal-clear waters, a laid-back Mediterranean atmosphere? Yes, and palm trees, cafés and restaurants, plus the ...
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On top of that, hundreds of aging concrete bunkers, built during the reign of paranoid Communist dictator Enver Hoxha, dot the island. There are still munitions buried underground. Hoxha died in 1985.
On an exploratory stroll through Tirana, I passed several bunkers. The dictator Enver Hoxha was paranoid and lived in constant fear that Albania could be attacked by capitalist countries. So he ...
Eye-catching buildings include the Pyramid of Tirana, built as a museum to dictator Enver Hoxha; the monumental ... housed in a converted Cold War bunker, while upmarket Blloku – once out ...