Macedonia Square, Skopje
Macedonia Square
Плоштад Македонија Sheshi Maqedonia | |
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Public square | |
 Macedonia Square from the Stone Bridge | |
| Owner | Skopje |
| Coordinates: 41°59′46″N 21°25′54″E / 41.996123°N 21.431698°E | |
Macedonia Square (
History
In 2007, the
In December 2008, a flagpole with the
On 2 May 2010, two monuments of
The three main streets that merge onto the square are Maksim Gorki, Dimitar Vlahov and Street Macedonia. Dimitar Vlahov Street was converted into a pedestrian street in 2011. Maksim Gorki, while not a pedestrian zone, is lined with Japanese Cherry trees, whose blossoms in spring mark a week-long series of Asian cultural events. Finally, Macedonia Street, the main pedestrian street, connects Macedonia Square to the Old Railway Station (destroyed by the 1963 earthquake), which houses the City of Skopje Museum. Along Macedonia Street is the Mother Teresa Memorial House, which features an exhibit of artefacts from Mother Teresa's life. Mother Teresa's original family home was located near Macedonia Square, and a plaque marking the location can be found today. A feudal tower from the Middle Ages next to the Mother Teresa House still stands today, surprisingly withstanding the devastating 1963 earthquake. The most popular tourist walk starts from the Old Railway Station down Macedonia Street, past the Mother Teresa Memorial House and Feudal Tower, past Mother Teresa's birth house location, down Macedonia Square, across the Stone Bridge, past the Holocaust Museum, Museum of Macedonian Independence, towards the Turkish Bazaar and ending at the Kale Fortress. The reconstructed Old Theater and the new Archaeological Museum add additional cultural landmarks along the main tourist vertical.
In May 2010,
Gallery
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Ristiḱ Palace -
Warrior on a Horse statue by night -
Warrior on a Horse by day -
Dame Gruev statue -
Goce Delčevstatue -
Boatmen of Thessaloníkimonument -
Justinian I statue -
Samuilstatue -
Metodija Andonov-Čento statue -
Dimitrija Čupovski statue -
The Pavilion
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Historical sights
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Skopje in 1594 -
Other statues found in the same place before the 1941: on the left, King Peter I of Serbia (the inscription is: King Peter I, The Liberator) -
The square, in the late 2000s
References
- ^ Government of the Republic of Macedonia Sculpture "Tree" unveiled at Skopje's main square (in English)
- ^ Square Macedonia
- ^ Macedonian Information Agency Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Goce Delčev, Dame Gruev monuments erected at Skopje square
- ^ Dnevnik newspaper Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Macedonian)
- ^ Marriott Hotels
- ^ Link to the Hotel Project
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