Brick Factory V-N

A brick factory from the communist era, located in the city of Vlora. The bricks produced here went into the construction of almost every five-storey apartment block built during the Enver Hoxha years in the city and the surrounding district.

The factory is heavily ruined and seasonally waterlogged. It is enclosed by a chain-link fence — nominally to keep children out and sheep in, since part of the territory doubles as a lorry and heavy-equipment yard while the rest serves as pasture. Security is most likely present somewhere near the gate. The factory makes a striking impression from the outside and from the nearest hill, but inside the ruins there is very little to explore, although some machinery and metal structures have partially survived.