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Location |
Reps,
Lezhë County, Albania |
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Coordinates | 41°54′4″N 20°2′51″E / 41.90111°N 20.04750°E |
Status | Closed (Planned to be a Museum) |
Security class | Maximum |
Opened | 1968 |
Closed | 1991 |
Managed by | Communist Albania |
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, [1] 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. [2]
In 2015, the prison was listed by the New York–based organisation World Monument Fund as one of the 50 most endangered monuments worldwide. [3]
In 2019, Tirana-based organization Cultural Heritage without Border - Albania, with the help of a team of students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute created a publicly accessible digital reconstruction of the Spaç Prison. [4]
| |
Location |
Reps,
Lezhë County, Albania |
---|---|
Coordinates | 41°54′4″N 20°2′51″E / 41.90111°N 20.04750°E |
Status | Closed (Planned to be a Museum) |
Security class | Maximum |
Opened | 1968 |
Closed | 1991 |
Managed by | Communist Albania |
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, [1] 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. [2]
In 2015, the prison was listed by the New York–based organisation World Monument Fund as one of the 50 most endangered monuments worldwide. [3]
In 2019, Tirana-based organization Cultural Heritage without Border - Albania, with the help of a team of students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute created a publicly accessible digital reconstruction of the Spaç Prison. [4]