Ilinden, also known as Makedonium ( mk, Споменик „Илинден“ or ), is a monument in
Kruševo
Kruševo ( mk, Крушево ; rup, Crushuva "Crușuva") is a town in North Macedonia. In Macedonian the name means the 'place of pear trees'. It is the highest town in North Macedonia and one of the highest in the Balkans, situated at an alti ...
,
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 was officially opened on August 2 of 1974, on the 30th anniversary of the Second Session of the
and the 71st anniversary of the 1903
Ilinden uprising Ilinden (Bulgarian/ Macedonian Cyrillic: Илинден) or Ilindan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Илиндан), meaning "Saint Elijah's Day", may refer to:
Events
* Republic Day (North Macedonia), 2 August
Geographic locations Bulgaria
* Ilinden, Blagoev ...
. The designers of the monument are
Jordan Grabuloski and
Iskra Grabuloska.
It is dedicated to all the
IMARO
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр ...
revolutionaries who participated in the Ilinden uprising, as well as communist
Yugoslav partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...
of the
World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia
World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia started with the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Under the pressure of the Yugoslav Partisan movement, part of the Macedonian communists began in October 1941 a political and military ...
(1941-1944).
Description
The monument's grounds cover . The building has a rounded shape with protruding oval windows. The upper windows are made of
stained glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
.
Inside the dome is the tomb of
Nikola Karev
Nikola Janakiev Karev ( Bulgarian: Никола Янакиев Карев and Macedonian: Никола Јанакиев Карев; November 23, 1877 – April 27, 1905) was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionaryPer Julian Allan Brooks' thesis ...
, president of the
Kruševo Republic
The Kruševo Republic ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: Крушевска Република, ''Kruševska Republika''; rup, Republica di Crushuva) was a short-lived political entity proclaimed in 1903 by rebels from the Secret Macedonian-Adrianop ...
, and the bust of the singer
Toše Proeski
Todor "Toše" Proeski ( mk, Тодор "Тоше" Проески, ; 25 January 1981 – 16 October 2007) was a Macedonian multi-genre singer and songwriter. Considered a top act of the local Macedonian and Balkan music scene, Proeski's music w ...
. The interior of the dome has four windows, each facing a different direction including the locations associated with the Ilinden-related events
″Sliva″ Memorial,
Bear stone and
Pelagonija
Pelagonia ( mk, Пелагонија, Pelagonija; el, Πελαγονíα, Pelagonía) is a geographical region of Macedonia named after the ancient kingdom. Ancient Pelagonia roughly corresponded to the present-day municipalities of Bitola, Pri ...
.
Memorials and museums
, accessed on 7-9-2014
The memorial complex also features a plateau with series of sculptures named "Breaking the Chains", symbolizing freedom won in the liberation wars. There is also a crypt
A crypt (from Latin ''crypta'' "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics.
Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a chur ...
with the carved names and important events related to the period before, during and after the Ilinden uprising. The last component is the amphitheater decorated with colorful mosaic
A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly pop ...
s.
Gallery
File:Makedonium 01.JPG, "Breaking the Chains", symbol of freedom
File:Makedonium 03.JPG, Crypt
File:Makedonium 08.JPG, Amphitheater
File:Споменик „Илинден“ - Крушево.JPG, Amphitheater and "Makedonium"
File:Makedonium 013.JPG, Interior of the monument
File:Македониум (1) 2015.jpg, interior of the monument
See also
*Kruševo Republic
The Kruševo Republic ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: Крушевска Република, ''Kruševska Republika''; rup, Republica di Crushuva) was a short-lived political entity proclaimed in 1903 by rebels from the Secret Macedonian-Adrianop ...
*
References
External links
{{commons cat inline, Makedonium
Buildings and structures completed in 1974
Monuments and memorials in North Macedonia
1974 sculptures
Kruševo Municipality
1974 establishments in Yugoslavia