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The Millennium Cross (Macedonian: Милениумски крст, Latinic: Mileniumski кrst) is a 66 metre-high cross situated at the top of the Vodno Mountain in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia and the biggest cross on Earth. The cross was constructed to commemorate 2,000 years of Christianity in Macedonia and the world. The Millennium Cross is the highest structure in the Republic of Macedonia.
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Construction of the cross began in 2002 and was funded by the Macedonian Orthodox Church, the Macedonian government and donations from Ethnic Macedonians from all over the world. It was expected to be completed by August of that year. The cross was built on the highest point of the Vodno mountain on a place known since the time of the Ottoman Empire as "Krstovar", meaning "Place of the cross", as there was a smaller cross situated there.
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