The Soviet era may have been problematic, but one thing it did leave behind was some amazing architecture and sculpture.
Sadly, much of the architecture has been abandoned and fallen into decay, having been created as showpiece features forming part of that era’s propaganda. Once the system collapsed, they had little or no actual purpose, and were too costly to maintain.
The same fate has befallen a number of sculptures, while many of the purely political statues were quickly torn down, for obvious reasons.
However, a number have been more fortunate, and survived.
Such as this piece, Prometheus catching lightning, a statue created by Constantin Popovici as a symbol of electricity, installed above the Vidraru Dam in Romania. It was completed in 1966 on the Argeș River and created Lake Vidraru.
Completed in 1971, the stainless steel figure stands some 10 metres tall.
While there is a fair number of pics floating around of this figure, I had to dig a little deeper to find out where it was in relation to the dam.
Note the lighting conductors mounted on top, a nice touch 😊
Find it at Number 2 in this list of 50 non-boring design and architecture items – which somehow manages to squeeze in 145 items.
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Here’s Scotland’s attempt, almost hidden in Glasgow
Prometheus has a statue in Scotland.
Installed a little over 20 years after the Soviet Romanian example. I’m afraid it just doesn’t have the same presence ☹
By chance – Prometheus Sculpture find
Secret Scotland 