The most secret and fascinating objects left from the former communist state are those that lay in plain sight all along. Today we discover a hidden nuclear bunker on the outskirts of a small Croatian village. Constructed in the 1950s by the Yugoslavian national army, it was part of a top secret communications network used to monitor and relay military information across the country in wartime.
These sites came in many forms, some have been buried in giant mountains far away from any curious onlookers and guarded with mines like in our last report and some were placed in plain sight, in villages and towns. This one was placed underneath an ordinary looking house, on the edge of a small village, concealed in plain sight. Huge antennas served to enstablish optical visibility with at least 3 others such sites, forming a spider web like communication structure across the country.
The house had giant conference rooms, a kitchen and living quarters for the soldiers stationed there tasked to maintain the equipment.
Underground, every exit was blocked by thick blast doors with rubber seal on the edges. A ventilation system with huge filters was used to circulate the air inside. Two generators were to provide backup power for keeping the radio equipment running in case the main power failed.
With the fall of Yugoslavia and it's huge military, these sites were seen as obsolete and most of them closed in the late 90s. Today, locals are still in the dark as to what was happening beside their homes at this heavily guarded place as the details of its operations are still hidden in old state archives. If you are interested in the video exploration of the place, complete with the underground part, you can check it out here:
These sites came in many forms, some have been buried in giant mountains far away from any curious onlookers and guarded with mines like in our last report and some were placed in plain sight, in villages and towns. This one was placed underneath an ordinary looking house, on the edge of a small village, concealed in plain sight. Huge antennas served to enstablish optical visibility with at least 3 others such sites, forming a spider web like communication structure across the country.
The house had giant conference rooms, a kitchen and living quarters for the soldiers stationed there tasked to maintain the equipment.
Underground, every exit was blocked by thick blast doors with rubber seal on the edges. A ventilation system with huge filters was used to circulate the air inside. Two generators were to provide backup power for keeping the radio equipment running in case the main power failed.
With the fall of Yugoslavia and it's huge military, these sites were seen as obsolete and most of them closed in the late 90s. Today, locals are still in the dark as to what was happening beside their homes at this heavily guarded place as the details of its operations are still hidden in old state archives. If you are interested in the video exploration of the place, complete with the underground part, you can check it out here:
