Skanderbeg Monument
Bronze sculpture in Albania
41°19′39″N 19°49′08″E / 41.3275°N 19.8188°E / 41.3275; 19.8188Tirana
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The Skanderbeg Monument is a monument in the Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania. It commemorates Skanderbeg (1405–1468), the national hero in Albania for resisting the Ottomans.
Created by Odhise Paskali,[1] the 11 metres (36 ft) monument was inaugurated in 1968 on the 500th anniversary of the death of Skanderbeg.[2]
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- Skanderbeg Square
- Tirana
- Architecture of Albania
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