TIRANA, January 17 /ATA/ President of the Republic Bajram Begaj commemorated today the 556th anniversary of the death of the National Hero George Kastrioti Skanderbeg.
“Always proud and humbled before the deed of our national Hero, George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, creator of national unity, leader of the European Alliance, defender of Western civilization”, wrote the president on social networks.
January 17 marks the anniversary of the death of the Albanian national hero George Kastrioti Skanderbeg (May 6, 1405 – January 17, 1468), the most prominent figure in Albanian history.
George Kastrioti Skanderbeg has entered history as one of the greatest generals of the time, as an outstanding strategist of defensive battles, because with a small army he was able to withstand and destroy the camps of the Ottoman army, the most organized and modern of the time own.
He not only protected and saved the people and his homeland, but with his war he prevented and even stopped the Ottoman expansion towards Europe, for which he won the gratitude of the European States and the Pope of Rome.
With the Assembly of Lezha, Skanderbeg laid the foundations of an organized state.
He died in Lezha on January 17, 1468, at the age of 63. /p.s./
