Goce Delčev Square ( mk, Плоштад "Гоце Делчев", Ploštad "Goce Delčev") is the main

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in the town of

Strumica Strumica ( mk, Струмица, ) is the largest city2002 census results
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, situated in the southeastern part of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. It is one of the biggest city squares in the country with a total area of 23,485

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. It is named after the revolutionary

Goce Delčev Georgi Nikolov Delchev ( Bulgarian/Macedonian: Георги/Ѓорѓи Николов Делчев; 4 February 1872 – 4 May 1903), known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev (''Гоце Делчев'', originally spelled in older Bulgari ...

, who has a monument on the square, built in the 1970s. The square was reconstructed in 2010 and is split on two floors. The first level is an underground

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with a

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, while the second floor is an open pedestrian space filled with

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, buildings and decorative equipment. Before the reconstruction the square had only a small area focused on Delčev's monument. A copper star was placed in the center of the open space in honor of the Macedonian footballer

Goran Pandev Goran Pandev ( mk, Горан Пандев, ; born 27 July 1983) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. After establishing himself at Lazio, Pandev moved to Inter Milan in early 2010. While playing for the ''Ne ...

, who in 2010 won the titles of the Champions League and the

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in the FC Inter jersey. The star was torn off and stolen in November 2018 by unknown perpetrators. About 3.5 million euros were spent for the reconstruction, provided by the

Municipality of Strumica Strumica ( mk, Струмица ) is a municipality located in the eastern part of North Macedonia. ''Strumica'' is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Strumica Municipality is part of the Southeastern Statistical Region. ...

. The funds for the bronze casting of the monument "Strumica woman under a mask" were provided by the International Art Colony. The clock tower is a donation from the construction company Adora Engineering. The square was officially opened on December 10, 2010, the day before the patron saint's day of Strumica.„Жикол" ќе го гради новиот градски плоштад во Струмица“.
''Идивиди''. March 24, 2010.

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