Mother Albania
The country itself, cast as a woman, facing the city she is mourning.
8R5R+C32, Rruga E Elbasanit, Tiranë 1000, Albania
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Twelve Metres of Socialist Realism Over the Martyrs' Graves
Nëna Shqipëri, Mother Albania, stands at the National Martyrs' Cemetery on the hillside east of the capital, a twelve-metre figure unveiled in 1972 and meant to…Nëna Shqipëri, Mother Albania, stands at the National Martyrs' Cemetery on the hillside east of the capital, a twelve-metre figure unveiled in 1972 and meant to personify the nation over the graves of those who died in the Second World War. It is the most complete piece of its kind the country kept, and the setting does much of the work: the statue looks out over the rows of headstones and the city beyond them.
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