Former Communist Prisons in Romania
Former Communist Prisons in Romania is part of the Tentative list of Romania in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
The Former Communist Prisons in Romania comprise 5 penitentiaries where thousands of innocent victims suffered between 1945 and 1990. Political prisoners were made to "convert" to the communist ideology by means of torture. Some are now in use as memorial museums or occasional sites of memory.
Map of Former Communist Prisons in Romania
Load mapThe coordinates shown for all tentative sites were produced as a community effort. They are not official and may change on inscription.
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Site Info
- Full Name
- Former Communist Prisons in Romania
- Country
- Romania
- Added
- 2024
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Human activity - Sites of Memory
- Link
- By ID
Site History
2024 Added to Tentative List
Site Links
Unesco Website: Former Communist Prisons in Romania