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| Albania opens huge Cold War bunker | Albania opens huge Cold War bunker |
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| A large secret bunker that Albania's communist regime built in the 1970s to survive a nuclear bomb has been opened to the public for the first time. | A large secret bunker that Albania's communist regime built in the 1970s to survive a nuclear bomb has been opened to the public for the first time. |
| Then dictator Enver Hoxha wanted the bunker near the capital Tirana to guard against Soviet Union or US attacks. | Then dictator Enver Hoxha wanted the bunker near the capital Tirana to guard against Soviet Union or US attacks. |
| Prime Minister Edi Rama showed several Western ambassadors around the 106-room, five-storey complex on Saturday. | Prime Minister Edi Rama showed several Western ambassadors around the 106-room, five-storey complex on Saturday. |
| Hoxha's regime built up to 700,000 bunkers before he died in 1985. The communist regime was toppled in 1990. | |
| "We have opened today a thesaurus of the collective memory that presents thousands of pieces of the sad events and life under communism," Mr Rama said in a speech in the bunker's 200-seat hall. | "We have opened today a thesaurus of the collective memory that presents thousands of pieces of the sad events and life under communism," Mr Rama said in a speech in the bunker's 200-seat hall. |
| The bunker has been opened to the public ahead of Albania's World War Two liberation day on 29 November. | The bunker has been opened to the public ahead of Albania's World War Two liberation day on 29 November. |
| The government plans to use it as a tourist attraction and an exhibition space for artists. | The government plans to use it as a tourist attraction and an exhibition space for artists. |