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Sheshi Skėnderbej


Sheshi Skėnderbej
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Copyright: Ricardo Trindade (xicomelo) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 64 W: 14 N: 69] (614)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-09
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Canon EOS350D/Digital Rebel XT, Canon EF 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, Hama UV O-Haze 58mm
Exposure: f/4, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-12-19 1:50
Viewed: 2018
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The main square of Tirana, communist-style, wide. It's a crazy square do pass through by foot because of the crazy drivers. However, it's a funny game to do it.
From the stairs of this building (I think it's the National Museum) we can have this view.

Tirana deserves a visit. You can have more info at http://www.inyourpocket.com. A description from this website about the square is below:

«Tirana’s main square, Sheshi Skėnderbej, is that vast expanse of asphalt where you‘ve got to dodge both Mercedes and plastic kiddie cars. The square was large even before World War II, but the Communists made it absolutely massive (and in the process, cleared away an old bazaar).
Started in 1958, the pompous Palace of Culture was built with Soviet assistance. But when Albanian-Soviet relations deteriorated, the chief Soviet engineer on the project gathered up all the blueprints and left the country. Chinese experts had to be called in to finish the job. Today this building contains the Opera and the National Library.
The gargantuan mosaic on the facade of the National History Museum represents the flow of Albanian history. The Puppet Theater has a surprising past: before World War II, it housed King Zog‘s puppet Parliament. Other significant buildings here include the imposing red-brick National Bank, the Et‘hem Bey Mosque, and the Skanderbeg Statue.
Recent plans envision a complete makeover of Tirana’s centre over the next years, with a number of 80m-high buildings accentuating the core of the city, housing new shops, offices, apartments and a cinema multiplex. Starting with the empty spot to the west of the National History Museum, it looks like Tirana’s main square will finally be hip.»
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Hey Ricardo,

A good note, great colors and compo. The girl in the foreground looks cute. Action stopped nicely.

Regards

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