Gazimestan
Газиместан Gazimestani | |
42°41′26″N 21°7′25″E / 42.69056°N 21.12361°E | |
Location | 5 km (3.1 mi) from Pristina, Kosovo |
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Designer | Aleksandar Deroko |
Type | memorial, tower |
Material | stone |
Height | 25 m (82 ft) |
Completion date | 1953 |
Dedicated to | fallen Serbian soldiers at the Battle of Kosovo (1389) |
Gazimestan (
portmanteau derived from Arabic word “ghazi”, meaning “muslim warrior” and Persian word “stan” meaning "place of". Gazimestan is reached from the Pristina–Mitrovica highway, on a 50-metre hill above the plain, ca. 5 km north-west from Pristina. Every year, on Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day), 28 June, a commemoration is held by the monument, which in later years is also covered by an image of Prince Lazar
, who led an army comprised by Serbian people.
History
In 1989, on the 600th anniversary, Serbian president Slobodan Milošević held the famous controversial speech Gazimestan speech that can be considered as the starting point for disintegration of Yugoslavia.
In 1997 the site was declared a
cultural heritage of Serbia.[1]
Monument
The Gazimestan monument was designed by
fact or opinion?
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Vidovdan 2009
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Vidovdan 2013
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gazimestan.
References
- ^ "Gazimestan". Spomenici. Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
Sources
- Marković, Dragan (1989). "SVEČANOSTI NA GAZIMESTANU O VIDOVDANU IZMEĐU DVA SVETSKA RATA" (PDF). Etnološke sveske. 10: 127–134.