History:
The Pyramid of Tirana (Albanian: Piramida) is a structure and former museum located in Tirana, the capital of Albania. It opened as a museum in 1988 and became a conference center in 1991 following the collapse of Communism. During the 1999 Kosovo War, the building was used as a NATO base. In 2018, a new project was unveiled that would open for Creative Technologies under the name of TUMO Center turning the Pyramid into an IT center for youth with a focus on computer programming, robotics, and start ups.
The pyramid of Tirana (Piramida), built in 1988, was originally built to serve as a museum for the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who had died in 1985. When built, by Hoxhas own daughter and her husband, it was the most expensive building ever made in Albania. It was in 1991 transformed into a conference center, and has later housed a night club (called Mumja, The Mummt, fittingly enough as the pyramid was originally intended to serve as a mausoleum for Hoxha), it’s been used as a base for NATO, organizations and for a TV station.