Паметник на Бузлуджа | |
42°44′N 25°23′E / 42.733°N 25.383°E | |
Location | Buzludzha Peak, Bulgaria |
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Designer | Georgi Stoilov |
Material | concrete, steel, glass |
Height | 70 metres (230 ft) |
Beginning date | 1974 |
Completion date | 1981 |
Opening date | 23 August 1981 |
The Monument House of the Bulgarian Communist Party (Bulgarian: Дом паметник на БКП, romanized: Dom pametnik na BKP), also known as the Buzludzha Monument (/ˈbʊzlʊdʒə/), was built on Buzludzha Peak in central Bulgaria by the Bulgarian communist government and inaugurated in 1981. It commemorated the events of 1891, when a group of socialists led by Dimitar Blagoev assembled secretly in the area to form an organized socialist movement that led to the founding of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, a forerunner of the Bulgarian Communist Party (itself a forerunner of the current Bulgarian Socialist Party).