A general view of Macedonia Square, where works for the installation of a massive equestrian statue of Alexander the Great on his horse Bucephalus started in Skopje, yesterday. The components of the 12.5-metre-high bronze statue of Alexander sitting astride his horse were placed early yesterday in the fenced area where the construction of the unfinished pedestal is still under way.

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