Tag: Cold War
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Underground fortresses: The secret buildings of the Cold War
FORTE CULTURA travel recommendation: Nuclear bunkers Testimonies in the shadow of the nuclear age Unique cultural heritage - bunkers as memorials to history The FORTE CULTURA bunkers of the Cold War have lost their function as military control centres with the potential to destroy entire continents. Hidden beneath cities or deep in the rock, they tell the story of an era in which technology, politics and...
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Sant'Oreste (IT)
World War II and Cold War bunkers: Monte Soratte, the hidden fortress north of Rome
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Secret architectures
The invisible fortress monuments of the world wars and the atomic age Secrecy, camouflage and distraction characterised the construction of fortress monuments in the 20th century. Whether camouflaged Swiss gun emplacements in the Alps, Nazi Führer headquarters, command bunkers and army listening posts during the Cold War or even civil defence installations, all of them were hidden from public view. Planning, construction and operation took place under the strictest...
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Strausberg (DE)
Government bunker: GDR telecommunications bunker - Cold War memorial site
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Königstein, Saxony (DE)
Fortress: One of the most beautiful and powerful mountain fortresses in Europe
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Cochem (DE)
Government bunker: Bundesbank bunker in Cochem - German currency history during the Cold War
