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Material
  
Stone

Designer
  
Momir Korunović

Completion date
  
1937

Zebrnjak

Location
  
Mlado Nagoričane, Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia

Type
  
Victory column Mausoleum

Height
  
48.5 meters (159 ft) (now 18.5 metres (61 ft))

Dedicated to
  
723 Serbian soldiers who died in Battle of Kumanovo

Address
  
Kumanovo, Macedonia (FYROM)

Similar
  
Sports Hall Sokolana, Memorial Ossuary Kumanovo, ASNOM Memorial Center, Karpino Monastery, Church St Archangel Michael

The Zebrnjak monument (Serbian: Спомен-костурница на брду Зебрњаку) is located on a high location in the village of Mlado Nagoričane, 8.98 km away from Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia.

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History

It was built in 1937, for the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Kumanovo which took place on 23 and 24 October 1912 during the First Balkan War, between the Turkish Vardar Army and the First Serbian Army. In the battle the Turkish army was defeated and was forced to withdraw.

Today from the monument all that is left is the lower part, thorus with the bones from the casualties of the battle. What is missing is the three sided pyramid tower with which the monument would be 48.5 meters high.

By his monument architecture, Zebrnjak was one of a kind in the Balkans. It was made by granite cubes, according to the project designed by Momir Korunović and the frescoes in the interior were painted by Živorad Nastasijević, on them were represented pictures from everyday life with figures wearing Serbian folklore clothing.

Destruction

On 24 May 1942, monument was destroyed by the Bulgarian army in the Second World War. Complete monument reconstruction was announced to be completed in centennial of the Battle of Kumanovo, in 2012.

References

Zebrnjak Wikipedia


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