The Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard was also planned by the Italian Gherardo Bosio, during the Italian occupation of Albania also in a Rationalist style. Buildings are located along this boulevard, including several administrative buildings and financial buildings. It was created as part of a revamp of the Albanian capital in the late 1930s and 1940s. The street was created as part of a revamp of the Albanian capital in the 1930s and 1940s, for the rapidly growing city, which was concentrated in the north of the Lana river. During the communist era in Albania, major parades took regularly place.