Piazza Scanderbeg

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Piazza Scanderbeg
City square
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Palazzo Skanderbeg in Piazza Scanderbeg
Location Rome, Italy
Piazza Scanderbeg
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Coordinates: 41°54′2.4″N12°29′5.4″E / 41.900667°N 12.484833°E / 41.900667; 12.484833
The murale of Skanderbeg on Palazzo Skanderbeg Scanderbeg.jpg
The murale of Skanderbeg on Palazzo Skanderbeg
Vicolo Scanderbeg street in Rome is named after Skanderbeg Vicolo Scanderbeg.JPG
Vicolo Scanderbeg street in Rome is named after Skanderbeg

Piazza Scanderbeg is a square in Rome, Italy. It is located on the junction of Vicolo Scanderbeg and Via della Panetteria. It is named after the Albanian national hero Skanderbeg, who once lived in Palazzo Skanderbeg located on the square. [1]

It was inaugurated by Benito Mussolini.

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References

  1. Setton, Kenneth M.: "The Papacy and the Levant. Retrieved July 22, 2007.