Macedonia puts up giant Alexander the Great statue
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Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), the king of Macedonia that conquered the Persian empire and annexed it to Macedonia, is considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. He is the first king to be called "the Great."
Macedonia erected on Tuesday a giant bronze statue of Alexander the Great SKOPJE Tue Jun 21, 2011
Alexander III the Great, the King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire is considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. He was inspiration for later conquerors such as Hannibal the Carthaginian, the Romans Pompey and Caesar, and Napoleon. Alexander was born in 356 BC in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia. He was son of Philip II, King of Macedonia, and Olympias, the princess of neighboring Epirus.
Locals wept and cheered as a huge bronze statue of the ancient warrior king Alexander the Great was erected on a plinth in the main square of the Macedonian capital, Skopje, on Tuesday.
The equestrian statue, which depicts Alexander riding Bucephalus, was erected on top of a 10-metre-high fountain. The complete structure is expected to reach 23 metres into the skyline.
Hundreds applauded as cranes lifted the statue, weighing 48 tons, on top of the pedestal, singing the national anthem and other patriotic songs, waving flags and shouting "Macedonia!"
Some wept for joy, saying, "Alexander has finally came home," as one middle-aged bystander put it.
"I'm very excited also because I have a son called Alexander who lives abroad and when he was small he used to say 'I'm Alexander the Macedonian'. This is a great move by the government," another elderly woman said, tears in her eyes.
"This is a historic day that we have been long awaiting," another bystander said. "With this, Macedonia's identity is confirmed, here it is."
"I feel proud to be Macedonian and God bless our prime minister for having brought us this warrior, the king of Macedonians," said another referring to Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski whose centre-right VMRO-DPMNE party recently won the general election.
http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/AlexandertheGreat.html
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Zivela Macedonia!
Long live Macedonia. The King is back !
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the statue serves two purposes as a decorative symbol of pride and a 22m high middle finger to greece.hahahah
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види браќа и сестри се alitheia.Oi Словени потекнуваат од север кон 6-ти век по Христа.
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you were invented by us you fucking fags MACEDONIA FOR LIFE!
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@gampcptn greece? :/ she didnt existed before 1813
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u wish
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@Hitt0011 look Albanian Afro Semitic parasite... Slovenia (Karantania) existed in Christian "chronicles" already in 6th century AD. Slovenians did not come to "slovenia in 17th century AD"... fucking gypsy kebab seller
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Aleksandar is Macedonian.
greece is MACeDONIA.
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Great statue Macedonia! love from Athens Greece!
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if Alexander was greek why he killed so many greeks ?? KICK HELL ASS
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bato223305 8 months ago 3
@oriontrail ma ti si lud kakvi grci hahaha grcia neje postojala u anticno vreme nakon 1830 ja dobi drzava so ime grcija aj uci istorija begaj nemas pojma
MARKOforever100 8 months ago 2