Makedonium, Kruševo, Macedonia
Makedonium in Kruševo
Makedonium in Kruševo
The Makedonium in Kruševo was built in 1974. It is a design by Jordan Grabul, Iskra Grabul and Borko Lazeski. Its on the site of the Ilinden uprising in Kruševo. The Ilinden Uprising of August 1903 was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire, which was prepared and carried out by the Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. The monument has some symbolic features. In the 4 windows on the ground floor there are reliefs which symbolize the birth and growth of macedonia. Each if the four windows looks in a direction where macedonians live. The windows above refer to the colors of old macedonian traditional costumes.
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