Security class Maximum Opened 1968 | Closed 1991 | |
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Location Reps, Lezhë County,
Albania Status Closed (Planned to be a Museum) Managed by People's Socialist Republic of Albania Similar Lurë National Park, Tirana International Hotel, Bunce Island, Arch of Janus, Acueducto de Água de Prata | ||
Burgu i spa it spa prison
The Spaç Prison (Albanian: Burgu i Spaçit) was a political prison in Communist Albania at the village of Spaç. The former prison is listed as a second-category national monument. There were plans to turn the rapidly deteriorating site into a museum, but as of February 2013, no progress had been made at the location. In 1973, a number of prisoners staged a rebellion where the non-communist flag was raised. In 1984, a similar rebellion took place at the prison of Qafë Bar.
In 2015, the prison was listed by the New York-based organisation World Monument Fund as one of the 50 most endangered monuments worldwide.
References
Spaç Prison Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA