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Skanderbeg Monument

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Location
  
Skanderbeg Square

Opening date
  
1968

Length
  
11 m

Dedicated to
  
Skanderbeg

Type
  
Historical Monument

Opened
  
1968

Designer
  
Odhise Paskali

Skanderbeg Monument

Material
  
Bronze on stone pedestal

Artists
  
Odhise Paskali, Janaq Paço, Andrea Mano

Similar
  
Skanderbeg Square, Pyramid of Tirana, Et'hem Bey Mosque, National Historical Museum, Mount Dajt

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The Skanderbeg Monument is a monument in the Skanderbeg Square in Tirana. It commemorates Skanderbeg, a 15th-century nobleman who is a national hero in Albania for resisting the Ottomans.

Created by Odhise Paskali, the 11 metres (36 ft) monument was inaugurated in 1968 on the 500th anniversary of the death of Skanderbeg.

References

Skanderbeg Monument Wikipedia