Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers

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Three tall steel crosses with ships’ anchors mounted near their tops, bronze relief panels at the base and a cross of red flowers on the paving in front.

Just in front of the former shipyard gates, the striking Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers commemorates those killed in the riots of 1970. Unveiled on 16 December 1980, 10 years after the massacre, the monument is a set of three 42m-tall steel crosses, with a series of bronze bas-reliefs in their bases. The first monument in a communist country to commemorate the regime’s victims, it became an instant symbol and remains so today.

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