Ilinden Memorial

Location: Kruševo, North Macedonia

Constructed: 1974

Architects: Jordan Grabulovski and Iskra Grabulovski

Alternative name: Makedonium

Genre: Spomenik, Socialist memorial, former Yugoslavia

As well as being dedicated to partisans who fought in the National Liberation War (World War II), the memorial also remembers those involved in the Ilinden uprising, an organised revolt against the Ottoman Empire that took place in 1903.

Ilinden Memorial (Makedonium) in Kruševo, North Macedonia | Spomenik | Socialist memorial | former Yugoslavia

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