Skanderbeg Square (Skopje)

Skanderbeg Square
Плоштад Скендербег
Sheshi i Skënderbeut
Public square
Skanderbeg's Monument in the square
Owner Čair Municipality

Skanderbeg Square (Macedonian: Плоштад "Скендербег"; Albanian: Sheshi i "Skënderbeut") is a square in Skopje, Macedonia construction of which began on 17 January 2012.

With the announcement of the Skopje 2014 project, financed by the Government of Macedonia,[1] the developemnt of Skanderbeg Square was largely omitted from the project.[2] Ethnic Albanians living in the Macedonian capital planned to build a second city square, widely seen as their rival to the government’s “Skopje 2014” revamp scheme.[3]

An existing statue of Skanderbeg will be the main fixture of an under construction square that will bear his name in Skopje's Čair Municipality. The square's total cost is estimated at around 10 million euros and is expected to be completed in 2014. The square will cover 28,000 m2 (301,389 ft2) and will extend from Macedonian Philharmonic and Macedonian Opera to the Old Bazaar. This will require building a portion of the square on top of Goce Delčev Boulevard. Aside from plenty of open space, the square will contain an amphitheatre, a fountain, and underground parking.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Поставен камен-темелник на плоштадот Скендер-бег во Скопје" (in Macedonian). Skopje: Dnevnik Onlinee. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012. На 100-годишнината на денот на знамето и независноста на албанското знаме, како и на годишнина од смртта на албанскиот принц Скендер-бег, Општина Чаир удри камен-темелник за изградба на истоимениот плоштад...Изградбата на плоштадот е со инвестиција од Владата на Република Македонија.
  2. ↑ Sinisa Jakov Marusic (4 September 2017). "Macedonians Split Over New Skenderbeg Square". Skopje: Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Sinisa Jakov Marusic (27 September 2010). "Skopje's Albanians Plan 'Alternative' City Square". Skopje: Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. ↑ ""Скендер Бег" готов до 2014 - та" (in Macedonian). Skopje: build.mk. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Плоштадот Скендерг-бег ќе чини 10 милиони евра" (in Macedonian). Skopje: Time.mk. 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

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