yes, those are european 220 outlets.

What i find interesting is how closely they are wired to each other. Wouldn't see that type of building code in the states.

I went to the high school near this thing. Always wondered what the hell it was used for.

I've seen those before; Italy, Tunisia, Qatar, Saudi. Sometimes they have handles and sometimes they don't. We simply called them "bomb drops". Aptly named if you eat the local cuisine.