Prora
Sign in to savethumb|267px|"Koloss von Prora" or the Colossus of Prora
Key facts
- Building.name
- Prora
- Building.architectural_style
- Nazi
- Building.awards
- Grand Prix (1937 Paris World Exposition)
- Building.building_type
- Beach resort
- Building.construction_stop_date
- 1939 (onset of WWII)
- Building.construction_start_date
- 1936
- Building.pushpin_map
- Germany
- Building.alternate_names
- Colossus of Prora
- Building.location_country
- Germany
- Building.location
- Prorer Wiek, Rügen
- Building.caption
- Aerial view of Prora (2020)
- Building.image_size
- 300
- Building.image
- 20-07-06-Prora-RalfR-DJI 0120.jpg
- Building.owner
- Metropole Marketing
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Location
- Plans
- Construction
- Usage
- World War II
- Cold War
- Unified Germany
- Sale and redevelopment
- Metropole Marketing
- In popular culture
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|267px|"Koloss von Prora" or the Colossus of Prora
The Colossus of Prora, commonly known as simply "Prora", is a building complex in the municipality of Binz on the island of Rügen, Germany. It was built by Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1939 as part of the Strength Through Joy (Kraft durch Freude or KdF) project. It consisted of eight identical buildings and was in length parallel to the beach, with the surviving structures stretching .