Skanderbeg Monument

{{Short description|Bronze sculpture in Albania}}

{{Other uses|Skanderbeg (disambiguation)}}

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|monument_name = Skanderbeg Monument

|native_name = Monumenti i Skënderbeut

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|location = Skanderbeg Square
Tirana {{ALB}}

|designer = Odhise Paskali, Andrea Mano and Janaq Paço

|type = Historical Monument

|material = Bronze on stone pedestal

|length = {{convert|11|m|ft}}

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|open = January 1968

|dedicated_to = Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu

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|coordinates = {{coord|41.3275|19.8188|source:sqwiki_region:CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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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,{{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 }} the {{convert|11|m|ft}} monument was inaugurated in January 1968 on the 500th anniversary of the death of Skanderbeg.[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