Spaç Prison Explained

Prison Name:Spaç Prison
Location:Reps, Lezhë County,
Albania
Coordinates:41.9011°N 20.0475°W
Status:Closed (Planned to be a Museum)
Classification:Maximum
Opened:1968
Closed:1991
Managed By:Communist Albania

The Spaç Prison was a political prison in Communist Albania at the village of Spaç. The former prison is listed as a second-category national monument. There were plans to turn the rapidly deteriorating site into a museum,[1] but as of February 2013, no progress had been made at the location. In 1973, a number of prisoners staged a rebellion where the non-communist flag was raised. In 1984, a similar rebellion took place at the prison of Qafë Bar.[2]

In 2015, the prison was listed by the New York–based organisation World Monument Fund as one of the 50 most endangered monuments worldwide.[3]

In 2019, Tirana-based organization Cultural Heritage without Border - Albania, with the help of a team of students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute created a publicly accessible digital reconstruction of the Spaç Prison.[4]

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  1. Web site: Spaç prison. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221023352/http://arkivi.peshkupauje.com/2009/07/burgu-i-spacit-zbardhet-projekti-qe-i.html. dead . February 21, 2014 . sq.
  2. Web site: metitrashqip.com. www1.metitrashqip.com.
  3. Web site: 2016 World Monuments Watch. 13 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Spaç Prison Digital Reconstruction. Cultural Heritage without Border. 4 March 2021.