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The Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family is a building in Tirana, capital of Albania, which holds the remains of King Zog and other members of his family (House of Zogu). The original mausoleum was designed by the architect Qemal Butka, and was inaugurated on 30 December 1935, for Sadijé, the King's mother, who had died the previous year ...
Zog I (born Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli; 8 October 1895 – 9 April 1961) was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's youngest ever Prime Minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as king (1928–1939).
As a counterweight, Zog kept British officers in the Royal Albanian Gendarmerie despite strong Italian pressure to remove them. In 1931, King Zog openly stood up to the Italians, refusing to renew the 1926 First Treaty of Tirana. During the crisis of 1929–1933, Zog asked the Italians for a loan of 100 million gold francs in 1931, and the ...
The King Zog statue is a statue located in Tirana, Albania.It commemorates Zog I of Albania, who ruled Albania from 1925 to 1939.. The statue is placed at the beginning of the Zog I Boulevard facing in the direction of the center of the city, as in tribute to the creation of the modern capital, which was built during the reign of Zog I.
King Zog also utilized concessions, with one of the first laws being passed after Ahmet Zog returned to Albania being a coal concession to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (February 1925), [1] being followed by the creation of the Albanian National Bank where the Italian financial group owned 26% of the capital. [3]
The House of Zogu, or Zogolli during Ottoman times and until 1922, is an Albanian dynastic family whose roots date back to the early 20th century. The family provided the first president and the short-lived modern Albanian Kingdom with its only monarch, Zog I of Albania (1928–1939).
When the government's enemies attacked Tirana in early 1922, Zogu stayed in the capital and, with the support of the British ambassador, repulsed the assault. He took over the premiership later in the year and turned his back on the Popular Party by announcing his engagement to the daughter of the Progressive Party leader, Shefqet Verlaci.
Italy and Albania signed the First Treaty of Tirana, guaranteeing Albanian boundaries and the political position of Zog. 1928: August: Zog pressured the parliament to dissolve itself and called a constituent assembly which declared him King. 1931: Zog refused to renew the First Treaty of Tirana despite Italian political and economic pressure. 1934