Biology:Skanderbeg Square, Pristina

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Template:Infobox urban feature Skanderbeg Square (Albanian: Sheshi "Skënderbeu") is a square in Pristina, Kosovo.

Location and History

Following the end of the Kosovo conflict in 1999 and longer under Serbian rule, Kosovo Albanians in 2001 erected a monument within the centre of Pristina to Skanderbeg, a medieval Albanian who fought against Ottoman forces.[1][2] Over a journey of four days the statue was brought from Krujë in Albania to the middle of Pristina.[3] The Skanderbeg statue of Pristina shares a similar socialist aesthetic and equestrian posture with minor differences in detail to existing Skanderbeg monuments in Tiranë, Skopje and other places in Europe.[3] Skanderbeg is depicted on a horse with its right leg up in a menacing pose and his sword is outside of its sheath and pointed toward the ground.[3][4][2] A war memorial dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo war is present in Skanderbeg square along with a series of photographs depicting the missing from the conflict.[5] Skanderbeg Square is bordered on one side by Rugova Square, a space named after the first Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova and on the other side by Mother Teresa Boulevard, named after Saint Teresa of Calcutta.[2] Along with Tiranë and Skopje, Pristina is one of three Balkan capitals to install a Skanderbeg statue.[6]

Gallery

  • Bilingual sign designating Skanderbeg Square

  • Skanderbeg statue

  • Skanderbeg Square

  • Parade by Kosovo Security Force in square

  • War memorial dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo war

  • Banner with photographs depicting the missing from the conflict

  • Banner and flags honouring the Kosovo Liberation Army

  • Banner with photographs depicting the missing from the conflict

  • Poster of Skanderbeg in square

  • Pedestal plaque of the Skanderbeg statue

  • Skanderbeg statue on old pedestal (2000s)

  • Skanderbeg statue on new pedestal (2010s)

See also

  • Skanderbeg Square in Tiranë, Albania
  • Skanderbeg Square in Skopje, North Macedonia

References

  1. ↑ Ragaru 2008, pp. 531, 549-550.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Björkdahl & Kappler 2017, pp. 57-58.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ragaru 2008, pp. 550.
  4. ↑ Di Lellio, Anna; Schwanders-Sievers, Stephanie (2006). "The Legendary Commander: The construction of an Albanian master‐narrative in post‐war Kosovo". Nations and Nationalism 12 (3): 17. http://www.annadilellio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Adem-Jashari-NN.pdf. 
  5. ↑ Björkdahl, Annika; Kappler, Stefanie (2017). Peacebuilding and spatial transformation: Peace, space and place. Routledge. pp. 57. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cTQlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=Skanderbeg+Square+Pristina&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs2s7OlJHhAhXGSH0KHbKkB3AQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Skanderbeg%20Square%20Pristina&f=false. 
  6. ↑ Ragaru, Nadege (2008). "The Political Uses and Social Lives of ”National Heroes”: Controversies over Skanderbeg’s Statue in Skopje". Südosteuropa 56 (4): 549-550. https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00682663/document. 




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