The "Boulevard of the Martyrs of the Nation" is a wide and impressive kilometre-long road stretching north-south between Sheshi Skënderbej and Sheshi Nënë Tereza. The work of the Italian architect and engineer Gherardo Bosio (1903-1941) and still featuring many of the original examples of fascist architecture that were built along its edges and around its squares, the street dates from 1939-1941. With several of the city’s museums, national institutions, and the Et’hem Bey Mosque along its length, the street offers something of a condensed history lesson of the city in one architectural ensemble.