Dictator Enver Hoxha's "Villa 31" opens to the public, will function as an artistic residence

2025-01-16 17:02:38Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Dictator Enver Hoxha's "Villa 31" opens to the public, will
Villa 31

The artistic residence, "Villa 31 x Art Explora", also known as the former villa of dictator Enver Hoxha, opened to the public today.

The residence of former dictator Enver Hoxha has been transformed into an open, cultural environment to host Albanian and foreign artists for the organization of cultural events.

Prime Minister Edi Rama was also present at the opening ceremony.

"I'm glad that today ends a very long road of what will happen to this building, dilemmas about what program this building could be, temptations to demolish it, to turn it into something else, and it ends in the best way, first of all thanks to the two architects here.

I believe that the two architects have an extraordinary merit for the way they have transformed this haunted house into a space that has a different program from what was the program of this house while maintaining a content from a decorative point of view that not only makes this center more livable and attractive, inspiring in many aspects, thank you very much for the work done.

Regardless of the result and the workload, his appearance is as if he is ready to say goodbye to this world, much respect for the work. It was accomplished in record time that would have been unimaginable for the bureaucracy, we would have gone through who knows how many presidents, we were here with the president, today I will bring him a video from the opening of the center, he remembered that he heard a Balkan lie when I told him that it would open in two years. This is a work of art", said Rama.


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