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Skopje 2014 has also generated controversy for its cost, for which estimates range from 80 to 500 million euros. [6] [7] The Skopje 2014 project encompassed the construction, from 2010 to 2014, of 136 structures built at a cost of more than US$700 million. [8] Macedonia Square after the addition of many monuments and façade reconstructions
Skopje 2014 was a project with the purpose of giving the capital Skopje a neo-classical appeal, by constructing several buildings, mostly in the neoclassical style and altering facades of modernist buildings to look neo-classical, which has drawn criticism from architects as being kitsch. [18]
The bridge features many statues of noted Macedonian artists and musicians. It was built as part of the larger Skopje 2014 project, with an estimated construction cost of €2.5 million. The bridge includes 29 sculptures, with 14 at each side and one in the centre.
The urban planning project Skopje 2014 plays an outstanding and exceptionally visible role in Macedonia's identitarian politics and virtually can be seen as an illustration of the whole process of antiquization. Hence, this ‘mass-production of tradition’ and its ‘statuomania’ [65] also is a central object of critique. [citation needed]
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The monument was part of the controversial project Skopje 2014, and was sharply criticized by the media there, with Kyoseto declared a terrorist and mass executioner. [11] The monument provoked serious controversy in the local community. [12] In February 2018, the monument was dismantled as one of the most disputed of the Skopje 2014 project.
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