Equestrian statue of Skanderbeg — Attraction in Tirana Municipality

(March 25 2025-The statue is now unwrapped, and looking beautiful.) I was looking forward to seeing it, to compare it to Prague and Bucharest, but it is currently under renovation. "THE MUNICIPALITY OF TIRANA STARTS THE WORK FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE STATUE OF SKENDERBEI IN PARIS. The Municipality of Tirana has started the implementation of the initiative for the installation of the statue of our National Hero, Gjergi Kastrioti Skenderbeu, in the square that bears the same name in the 19th district of the French capital, Paris. This project, thanks to the fruitful cooperation with the Mayor of Paris, Mrs. Anne Hidalgo, is aimed at strengthening the cultural ties between the two countries and promoting the historical values ​​of the Šiptar nation in the international arena. The statue will be a reproduction of the iconic work of the famous Siptar sculptor Odhise Paskali. which was harvested for the first time in January 1968, to mark the 500th anniversary of Skinderbeu's death. The dedication ceremony of the statue is expected to take place soon, with the participation of well-known personalities from Cyprus and France, as well as representatives of the Cyprus...

Un unstoppable Albanian legend 🇦🇱 he defeated the Ottoman 25 times that’s a lot and I edited one of the photos Skandebeg 1405 - 1468 and he’s my favorite historical figure 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 and he was very powerful 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 and he protected Albania for two decades that’s a lot 👑⬅️🇦🇱 he raised the double headed Eagle flag and that’s the flag what Albania uses today I went here on 9 August before going back to school on 10 August🏫 and this is my favorite place in Tirana 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 and it’s beautiful 😍 😻😚🤩 and they also like the bunker looking restaurant ❤️❤️😘♥️💕 and the statue of unstoppable Albanian legend was built in 1996 🇦🇱 I’ve been wanting to go here for a long, long, long time ⌛️ and I gave it a five star review on Google maps 🛜 and now he’s a symbol of freedom to Albanians 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 and he defended Albania from the...

Skanderbeg (born 1405, northern Albania—died Jan. 17, 1468, Lezhë, Albania) was the national hero of the Albanians. A son of John (Gjon) Kastrioti, prince of Emathia, George was early given as hostage to the Turkish sultan. Converted to Islām and educated at Edirne, Turkey, he was given the name Iskander—after Alexander the Great—and the rank of bey (hence Skanderbeg) by Sultan Murad II. During the defeat of the Turks at Niš (1443), in Serbia, Skanderbeg abandoned the Turkish service and joined his Albanian countrymen against the forces of Islām. He embraced Christianity, reclaimed his family possessions, and in 1444 organized a league of Albanian princes, over which he was appointed...