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It is also what makes its charm. Architecture that we do not dare too much, marked by the egocentrism of some dictators
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a building for industrial fairs in Charleroi, Belgium ...
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It is really monumental!
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by the way what are those images of?
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in this case a building of a trade fair ground in Charleroi, Belgium
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Very interesting... do you know when this building was built?Β
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Indeed. Did a little research, but could not find anything. It is a building of the trade fair in Charleroi, Belgium.
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Charleroi in Belgien - ein sehr interessantes Reiseziel fΓΌr den Fotografen
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Scon klar! Aber wohin ?
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There was a clue here, but the architectural style is not really Belgian ...
Thank you for the ride ...
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yes! i thought of nazis, too
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a bit austere and somewhat depressing... 
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It is the exposition center in Charleroi - very depressing, indeed !
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Great photo, but this is a depressing place.Β It does have a Naziesque look to it. . .
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It certainly is and has. You can see that from one of my previous comments ....
It is in Belgium, in Wallonie. No suspicion of Naziism there - maybe rather socialist realism i was thinking.
which is odd, of course, as this is the entrance to a trade fair ...
did i ever mention that i love Belgium for being so unpretentious ?
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Hmmmm?Β Americans don't think of Belgium very often, unless it involves chocolate, or losing to them in the World Cup!
But yes, that it a very stark-looking structure, and not at all "happy."
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one of my favorite neighboring countries by all means - with a slight preference for the french speaking part
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I would like the French-speaking part also.Β I can speak and read enough French to avoid being electrocuted or poisoning myself to death!
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We humans never seem to anticipate such changes. . .
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I always love these... ..."layers" in your photographs... ...Your "geometric view" of our World...
Probably, if I could see this building... ...I would not like it, but I LOVE it in your photograph! 
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It certainly is not a lovable building at all. In this case I believe the socialist realism has been adopted by a belgian architect. Nazis would have done quite a similar thing.
Similar results, different thoughts. While one side tries to promote the glory os socialism, the other side just tried to intimidate ...
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...And I know that, it is odd (and scary) how the opposed tendency can tend to "fit"...
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which reminds me of "don camillo and peppone"
(though don camilllo always was a good christian democrat, not a nazi, of course)
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Don Camillo? I read the stories about him when I was a boy! I haven't thought of them in years - loved them.
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Those movies are still shown every other year on TV
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Sometimes the things you and I have in common amaze me!
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Well, in that case they were, in a way, both "good people", even from different "sides"....
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They certainly were ! I have a lovely audiobook read by a guy who was born South Tirol who came to Germany many years ago [link]
He has big heart for stories, and especially these ones !
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...Oh, sorry... ...I cannot read the link, it is only in German... ...Anyway it's ok!
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I think it is because there are many Turkish in German!
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