Finding out the location	very easy
Access	hard
Safety	unsafe
Risk of being seen	very high
General condition of the place	good
Traces of vandalism	many
Good place for taking pictures?	very good
Did you see other people?	few

Visit date    October 28 2019 at 16 hr
Visit duration    < 1 hour

This monument is one of my favorite i have seen so far. Beautiful lines, play of light and shadow, perfect for black and white photography.

The monument is partially sub terrain, where the main entrance is. Here is a sturdy steel fence, making it very hard to enter. From the top of the monument it is a lot easier, a little bit of climbing shouldn't stop an urbexer.

It's and empty monument, so there's not much to find there but a bit of litter. But this is so fun to take pictures if you love architectural photography.

I enjoyed this place a lot.

About:
The Fraternal Barrow Memorial Complex – sometimes referred to as the ‘Brotherly Mound,’ or ‘Hillock of Fraternity’ – is a monument located in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Opened in 1974, the monument commemorates Bulgaria’s 1944 ‘Socialist Revolution.’ Shaped to resemble a Thracian burial mound, it contains the bones of partisans who fought to liberate Bulgaria from WWII-era Nazi occupation. The structure measures 23m high, and 90m in circumference.

The monument was created by the architects Lubomir Chinkov and Vladimir Rangelov, while the figures that stand inside were the work of sculptor Lubomir Dalchev. This concrete barrow is located at the end of a long memorial path, in the ‘Park of Recreation and Culture’ (‘Park Otdih i Cultura’) that lies on the western edge of Plovdiv’s city centre.

The monument fell into disrepair following the collapse of Bulgarian communism, and nowadays it survives in a neglected state: badly decayed, with its exterior covered in graffiti. Occasionally the central memorial space is opened for special events – but most of the time, the monument is sealed shut.

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