Communist-era landmark faces demolition in Albanian capital.
The pyramids in Egypt have stood for millennia, a symbol of longevity in an ever-changing world. The landmark pyramid in the Albanian capital, however, looks set to have a somewhat shorter lifespan.
Citing the need for a new parliament building, the Albanian government wants to tear down one of the capital’s main communist-era landmarks. The Government gave the go ahead in late October, but faces strong resistance from architects, opposition parties and the general public.
“We are the only country with a parliament seat consisting of a group of buildings that are inconveniently positioned one from another,” Prime Minister Sali Berisha said in early November, at the first meeting of the New Parliament Building Committee.
The existing parliamentary complex “does not hold up to the standards of parliaments in EU countries or of those in the region”, Parliament Speaker Jozefina Topalli said.
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