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The Lapidary, dedicated to fallen martyrs in the fights against Maxhar pasha

St. Ismajl Qemali

The Lapidary, dedicated to fallen martyrs in the fights against Maxhar pasha
In the hundredth anniversary of the Albanian League of Prizren, in a sign of remembrance for the fighters killed fighting against Mehmet Ali pasha, a lapidary was built, which in the foundation consists of three fireplaces that symbolize the unification of Muslim, Orthodox and Catholic Albanians, and continues with a vertical part that reaches high, symbolizing the continuous fight of our nation, which is converted into a permanent resistance, which on its top is symbolized by the tower, which for Albanians was not only a house for residence, but also a site for protection.

The author of this monument is the academic sculptor, Xhavit Lokaj.

In the justification for protection of this monument it is stated that the lapidary was built with armored concrete, that it is 11 meters high, that it symbolizes the unified nation in fight for national liberation, that this symbolism is characterized by Albanian architectural elements, that in bronze plates it is written in Albanian and in Serbian the text: “To the fighters of Albanian League 1878-1881 as a sign of permanent remembrance for their fight for national liberation, etc.

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