Statue Park, Szoborpark, Budapest, Hungary.

When the Iron Curtain parted in 1989 all the colossal Soviet-era statues have been disposed. All? Well, not really – some have survived in a kind of reserve: the Statue Park on the outskirts of Budapest, Hungary (Szoborpark).



Lenin, Marx and Engels, Dimitrov, Ostapenko and many more have found their last home in a strange, stage-like brick architecture by the Hungarian architect Ákos Eleőd: like a post-modern storehouse. It's a pity - nothing reveals the former urban context of these colossal sculptures. An exhibition is getting developed at the moment.



At the exit gate people can buy some kitschy souvenirs and postcards, next to a blue Trabant car.