The Monument of Independence

Bronze figures of the Independence Monument in Vlora on a tall plinth marked 1912, with cypresses behind

The Monument of Independence is dedicated to the Albanian Declaration of Independence. It is found in the Flag’s Square, (Sheshi i Flamurit) near the building where the first Albanian government worked in 1913.

In the center of the monument is the sculpture of Ismail Qemali, the leader of the Albanian national movement and founder of independent Albania.

Bronze figures of the Independence Monument in Vlora on a tall plinth marked 1912, with cypresses behind