Macedonia Square

Macedonia Square is the main square of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The square is the biggest in North Macedonia. Independence from Yugoslavia was declared here by the first president of Macedonia, Kiro Gligorov. The square is part of the Skopje 2014 project.

Skopje 2014 was a project financed by the Macedonian government of the then-ruling nationalist party VMRO-DPMNE to give Skopje a more classical appeal. The project, officially announced in 2010, consisted mainly of the construction of colleges, museums, and government buildings, as well as the erection of monuments depicting historical figures from the region of Macedonia. Around 20 buildings and over 40 monuments were to be constructed as part of the project.

The Skopje 2014 project encompassed the construction, from 2010 to 2014, of 136 structures built at a cost of more than $700 million.