Skanderbeg Monument

{{Short description|Bronze sculpture in Albania}} {{Other uses|Skanderbeg (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox Monument |monument_name = Skanderbeg Monument |native_name = Monumenti i Skënderbeut |image = Tirana 28.jpg |caption = |location = Skanderbeg Square <br /> Tirana {{ALB}} |designer = Odhise Paskali, Andrea Mano and Janaq Paço |type = Historical Monument |material = Bronze on stone pedestal |length = {{convert|11|m|ft}} |width = |height = |begin = |complete = |open = January 1968 |dedicated_to = Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu |image_map = |map_caption = |map_width = |coordinates = {{coord|41.3275|19.8188|source:sqwiki_region:CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |extra = }}

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. There was a statue of Stalin

Created by Odhise Paskali,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tirana.gov.al/repository/docs/Vende_atraksione.pdf |title=Vende & Atraksione: Statuja e Skënderbeut, tirana.gov.al |access-date=2015-08-02 |archive-date=2015-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106004103/http://www.tirana.gov.al/repository/docs/Vende_atraksione.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> the {{convert|11|m|ft}} monument was inaugurated in January 1968 on the 500th anniversary of the death of Skanderbeg.<ref>[http://www.shekulli.com.al/news/101/ARTICLE/23367/2008-04-05.html Sheshi "Skënderbej"- transformimi nga larvë në flutur] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228233539/http://www.shekulli.com.al/news/101/ARTICLE/23367/2008-04-05.html |date=2010-02-28 }} Shekulli Online, 05 Prill 2008</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed-hover class="center"> Image:Skanderbeg_square_tirana_2016.jpg Image:Tirana_-_Skanderbeg_monument_by_night.JPG Image:07Tirana Skenderbeg-Denkmal03.jpg Image:Piazza_skanderberg,_tirana,_monumento_a_skanderberg_02.JPG Image:Piazza skanderberg, tirana, monumento a skanderberg 01.JPG </gallery>

==See also== * Skanderbeg Square * Tirana * Architecture of Albania

== References == {{Reflist}} {{commons category|Skanderbeg Monument (Tirana)}}

==External links== *[https://www.panoramio.com/photo/4338996 Photos of Skanderbeg Square] *[http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewsingleimage.html?mode=singleimage&handle=poggypog&number=16&album_id=10&thumbstart=0&gallery= Sheshi Skenderbej and other photos]

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Tirana Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1968 Category:Monuments and memorials in Albania Category:National symbols of Albania Category:1968 establishments in Albania Category:Cultural depictions of Skanderbeg Category:Statues of military officers