Monument Name: | Skanderbeg Monument |
Native Name: | Monumenti i Skënderbeut |
Designer: | Odhise Paskali, Andrea Mano and Janaq Paço |
Type: | Historical Monument |
Material: | Bronze on stone pedestal |
Length: | 11m (36feet) |
Open: | 1968 |
Dedicated To: | Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu |
Coordinates: | 41.3275°N 19.8188°W |
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 11m (36feet) monument was inaugurated in 1968 on the 500th anniversary of the death of Skanderbeg.[2]