At 75,000 square meters, with the capacity to hold 100,000 people, Kim Il-sung Square, named after the former supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is reportedly the 37th largest square in the world. Located in Pyongyang's Central District, it is used for military parades, rallies, and dancing (on special occasions) it overlooks the Juche Tower, named for the Juche ideology.
July 3, 2016
Krakow, Poland
An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.
Stomoplo, Bulgaria
Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.
Minsk, Belarus
Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.
Fuling, China
This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Brasília, Brazil
A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.
Moscow, Russia
The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.
Novo Selo Palanječko, Croatia
A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.
