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Despised Dictator’s ‘Scary’ Shrine Becomes a Bet on Albania’s Future

Por: The New York Times World February 19, 2023

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TIRANA, Albania — Built in the 1980s to commemorate a dead tyrant in Pharaonic style, in the center of Albania’s capital, Tirana, was falling apart by the time engineers and construction workers arrived to rescue it.The windows were broken. Homeless people were sleeping in its cavernous hall, which was daubed with graffiti and stinking of urine. Empty bottles and syringes littered the floor, which was covered in polished marble when the... + full article



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