A relic of WWII paranoia , Albania ’s “ concrete mushroom ” bunkers dot the country ’s landscape painting , from the ocean , to the quite a little , to the cemeteries . Now , a group wants to reclaim the bunkers and metamorphose them into eco - friendly hotels .
During World War II , Albanian leader Enver Hoxha , fearing an encroachment of his rural area , ordered the building of close to 750,000 trap throughout Albania . Though some have been destroyed , most of the bunker remain today , give up relic of a disaster that never get along .
A handful of the bunker have , however , been converted for non - military use . At a beach resort in Golem , a plumber managed to turn one of the bunker into a eating house . Another serves as a makeshift church . TheConcrete Mushroomsproject look for to reclaim the bunkers on a large scale leaf , turning them into a connection of hostelry , cafes , and shop , that could attract eco - tourists . According to the proposition , the projection could not only hike Albania ’s economy , it could serve up as a happy perversion of Hoxha ’s original intentions for the bunkers . After all , where the bunker were once built to protect Albanians from invaders , they could now be used to welcome visitors from afield .
Concrete Mushrooms[viaInhabitat ]
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