The Politics Behind Skopje's Statues and Faux-Classical Architecture

Politics and Architecture in North Macedonia: The controversial 'Skopje 2014' project has seen North Macedonia's capital undergo a major facelift, with ancient-looking statues and monuments built all over the city in a bid to raise its profile.
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The controversial 'Skopje 2014' project has seen North Macedonia's capital undergo a major facelift, with ancient-looking statues and monuments built all over the city in a bid to raise its profile.
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[@karstenwinkler6923]

Really good one! Thank you for the insight.

[@soxrox4093]

Now that i have seen it on video i wouldnt mind to visit the place and see it for real.

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@filipb2376]

It's really beautiful in real life actually, when you see the monuments all together like here, on the video, it's pretty overwelming, but irl it's nice.

[@davidecurcio971]

Each building has no maintenance and is already half destroyed. A bunch of Las Vegas-like styles. trash everywhere..

[@Fin4L6are]

They made real art, priceless

[@dpav92]

EriksR 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@ilmegliodiyoutube6291]

I'm italian and i wold go to Stobi archeological site 🇲🇰

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@russiandrivers9986]

The New York times may criticize, but at least now people are talking about Macedonia. I went there and I liked it.

[@golkas9971]

Well.. next time you should visit the original macedonia, the ancient one, in Greece.

[@ostapbendervan7874]

Talkin mean shit. 440 I spend YESTERDAY 🇨🇦

[@nickkoss9384]

Who's talking about Macedonia boy? It's North Macedonia for now.

[@russiandrivers9986]

@@nickkoss9384 It was Macedonia when I went there.

[@nickkoss9384]

Was never Macedonia. Was FYROM.

[@nrsimhadevakijaya7678]

so its not good to build beautiful buildings and even honor our ancestors???? its not good to encourage real artistic expression and creation of traditional artisans? new jobs?

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@rossfun9840]

You spend ALL this money to honor GREEK and BULGARIAN ancestors just to support fake communist "history" all the names of your "ancestors" are GREEK and BULGARIAN , real descentands of great historic nations dont build bad taste ancient replicas buildings of rheyr ancestors they dont need to they are having the original ancient , in Egypt , Mexico , Rome , Perou , Babbylon etc etc you cannot see any ancient-style modern buildings , people who have history doesnnot need to propagate it , it is more than obvious to anyone thats something is weird in Scopije , You spent ALL this money to propagate your fiction-"history" , real history dont need any propaganda , because propaganda itself is LIES

[@Kabodanki]

It's better than glass and metal post modern bullshit we built

[@ostapbendervan7874]

FACADE The word is facade Fake outline Shitty buildings still there Garbage

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@d-rzarkocubrinoski]

Macedonia timeless. God has blessed us with a fortune when giving us this magnificent land.

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@mickeymouse1697]

Thats Not Macedonia , Thats Dardania and Paonia, MACEDONIA is in GREECE , WAKE UP

[@rossfun9840]

Macedonia IS timeless but has nothing to do with NORTH Macedonia created by communist tito in 1945

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@d-rzarkocubrinoski SE" NAJUBAVO ! ! Tatjana od MAKEDONIJA

[@d-rzarkocubrinoski]

@@tatjanavelkova5814 Поздрав.

[@joshuasaldana5501]

Don't worry about that EU thing people you didn't want in that club anyway

[@Kabodanki]

My boi Zoran zeal don't worry dude, you'll find way to steal money

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@perikliszekakis3411]

Is Skopje a joke or is it real?

[@vincentveneman4248]

The classical Greco-Roman language of architecture has very basic but strict grammatical rules. Next to the available theory (Vitruvius, Serlio, Palladio etc.) there are countless masterworks 'written' in this language, both in antiquity and since the Renaissance, all over the western world, in all sorts of high-classical and more vernacular styles (classical architecture itself is not a style). It takes practice to master both the theory and knowledge of the most influential classical buildings. The architect(s) in Skopje cared for neither of these two.

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

MACEDONIANS 25 CENTURIES SPEAK MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE ! ! !

[@Bestline7]

Good for them. I actually like the architecture.

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@the.pandamonium]

If Alexander the Great wasn't Macedonian how come he was called Aleksandar Makedonski?

[@SkoinksX]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom) Greek.

[@nickkoss9384]

You and your fellow villagers called him macedonsjki in Bulgarian or Albanian language or the language of Roma.

[@golkas9971]

He was called ''Alexandros ho megas'' not...makedonski....I mean, really?? Makedonski??? Hahaha!!!!

[@kirilibarvalos554]

Gol Kas Makedonski mean he is Macedonian. Translated Makedonski means Macedonian, like the language Makedonski. He was never called Alexander Heleniski/Eleniski. The difference is really clear and other states do the same. He is Macedonian and from Macedonia. And Greeks and Greece are completely different country and people. I don’t understand it. Maybe Macedonian and Greeks have the same roots but does it make a Bosnian and Bulgarian the same? Completely different nations. And don’t come with Macedonians wrote in Greek and believed in the same Gods. Christianity is world wide religion and the writing system of the Cyrillic alphabet does not make Mongolians russians or Bulgarians or whatever

[@nickkoss9384]

Yes Macedonians Athenians Thiviians Korinthians Peonians Spartans and other Greek tribes have same culture same language participate in Olympian games etc. You cannot change history you cannot rewrite history. That's why you change your name every 30 yrs because you don't have a name you are a mix of Bulgarians Albanians Slavs gypsys and Greeks they weren't allowed to speak the local dialect

[@mrnarason]

Macedonia is nostalgic of its Hellenic past

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

MAKEDONIJA 25 CENTURIES ! ! Greece 190 years.

[@cazwalt9013]

The history of mecadonia belongs to greeks

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

MACEDONIAN HISTORY 25 CENTURIES. your ? ... 0.

[@videochemist]

So this is why macadamia nuts are so expensive. They're still trying to pay for those bird poo Disney statues.

[@MegaOmegaHD]

Oh boy, you don't know anything do you?

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@spartakbugarski3281]

North Macedonia is Bulgaria.

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@georgestojkovski1026]

Bulshit

[@ostapbendervan7874]

GHASTLY garbage..fix Colosseum

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@ognjenmarkovic6666]

Macedonia is Greece

[@dunjibthebogdan8948]

how is this relevant

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@macedonia3321]

@@dunjibthebogdan8948 We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@polltegrais6457]

@@alexsg870 pretty sure in 3rd century europe was speaking either greek or latin so will greece claim ownership of half of europe based on language in that time

[@rossfun9840]

@@macedonia3321Then you are greeks , as the ancient Macedonians

[@jerrygiannatos]

Ancient Greeks!

[@ostapbendervan7874]

1 billion on faux Thank God the euro say no to another east euro town Should never have taken Graft nation

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.