In the the center of Kruja visitors can see a monument for the national hero, Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg. Designed by sculptor Pascal Odysseus it was erected on November 28, 1959 (on the anniversary of Albania’s Independence Day). In 1963 officially was declared to be a national cultural monument. Actually, statues of Skanderbeg are scattered throughout many of the continent’s capitals including Rome and Pristina.