Albania’s communist-era bunkers were meant to withstand a nuclear strike, but decades later the fortifications are being devoured by the sea as the country’s coastline is battered by erosion.
The shores of the Balkan country are among the most affected in Europe by erosion, according to experts, who blame climate change and uncontrolled urbanisation for the scourge.
Along the shores of Seman in central Albania, many of the bunkers built under the direction of former dictator Enver Hoxha — who feared imminent invasion by the United States, Soviet Union and China among others — are now underwater. The same goes for the police station, a sports field and an oil well. —APP
