Ilinden, also known as Makedonium ( or ), is a monument in
Kruševo
Kruševo ( ; "Crușuva") is a town in North Macedonia. In Macedonian language, 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 altitude of over ...
,
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
. 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: Илинден) or Ilindan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Илиндан), meaning " Saint Elijah's Day", may refer to:
Events
* Republic Day (North Macedonia)
Republic Day () or Ilinden () is a national holiday in North ...
. The designers of the monument are
Jordan Grabuloski and
Iskra Grabuloska.
It is dedicated to all the
IMARO
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; ; ), was a secret revolutionary society founded in the Ottoman territories in Europe, that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Founded in 1893 in Salonica, it initia ...
revolutionaries who participated in the Ilinden uprising, as well as communist
Yugoslav partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...
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 Regional Committee of the Communists in Macedonia, Macedonian communists began ...
(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 refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...
.
Inside the dome is the tomb of
Nikola Karev
Nikola Yanakiev Karev (; ; November 23, 1877 – April 27, 1905) was a Macedonian Bulgarians, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary. He was born in Kruševo and died in the village of Rajčani both today in North Macedonia. Karev was a local leader ...
, president of the
Kruševo Republic
The Kruševo Republic ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: Крушевска Република, ''Kruševska Republika''; ) was a short-lived political entity proclaimed in 1903 by rebels from the Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organizat ...
, and the bust of the singer
Toše Proeski
Todor "Toše" Proeski (, ; 25 January 1981 – 16 October 2007) was a Macedonian singer and songwriter. Considered a top act of the local Music of North Macedonia, Macedonian and Balkan music, Balkan music scene, Proeski's music was popular acro ...
. 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 (; ) is a geographical region of Macedonia named after the ancient kingdom. Ancient Pelagonia roughly corresponded to the present-day municipalities of Bitola, Prilep, Mogila, Novaci, Kruševo, and Krivogaštani in North Macedonia ...
.
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 Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) ''wikt:crypta#Latin, crypta'' "Burial vault (tomb), vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, Sarcophagus, sarcophagi, or Relic, religiou ...
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 (masonry), mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and ...
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
*
References
External links
{{commons category-inline, Makedonium
Buildings and structures completed in 1974
Monuments and memorials in North Macedonia
1974 sculptures
Kruševo Municipality
1974 establishments in Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Macedonian architecture