“Spamenik” is a Serbian-Croatian / Slovenian word meaning “building” and is used for war memorials made in the Yugoslav Republic from the 60s to 90s. Hundreds of memorials have been erected across the country from beach resorts to distant mountains, depicting a surreal concrete and steel form of a socialist, forward-looking, socialist society free from moral tension. An American author, Donald Nibel, has taken three years to photograph this stunning architecture phenomenon in order to publish it in his book, The Spamanic Buildings Database (Fuel Design Publishing).
Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina, the Croatian capital city
Monument to the Martyred Soldiers in Sotsky, Montenegro
Monument to the Martyr Golbucci Warriors, Globucci City, Montenegro
The building of courage, the city of Ostra, Serbia