Piramida is an unforgettable and culturally-significant building from 1987, completed not long before the fall of communism. It was intended as a museum to honor the country’s despotic dictator Enver Hoxha who ruled from 1944-85, but naturally, these plans were torn up after 1990. Now it’s at the crux of a debate on how to deal with the period after the Second World War when Albania suffered 45 years of isolation.

The white “thing” is an ultra-modern installation located in front of the National Art Gallery. It was designed by Suo Fujimoto and dedicated to Albania by the Luma Foundation to promote art in the country.