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Old Bazaar Kruja History: The bazaar is the heart of Kruja, a lively place, full of beautiful souvenirs where it is impossible not to stop when visiting the city. A continuous series of brick roofs, wooden and stone shops, carpets with typical geometric patterns of the Balkans, cobbled streets and picturesque views: a miracle.   In […]

Ethnographic Museum of Kruja History: Very near to the modern Skenderbeg museum is the ethnographic museum of Kruja, within the remains of the old citadel of Kruja castle. It is the best preserved ethnographic museum of Albania and is packed from bottom to top with a lot of objects, situated in an old traditional house […]

National Skanderbeg Museum in Kruja Castle History: The National Museum “George Castrioti Skanderbeg” (Albanian: Muzeu Kombëtar “Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu”), also known as the Skanderbeg Museum or the Kruja Museum, is located in Krujë and is one of the most important and visited museums in Albania. The museum was built at the end of the 70’s and was inaugurated on November 1, 1982. Its architecture […]

Kruja Castle History: The Krujë castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Krujës) is a castle in the city of Krujë, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg‘s rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. Inside the castle is the Teqe of Dollme of the Bektashi (an Islamic Sufi sect), the National Skanderbeg Museum, the remains of the Fatih Sultan Mehmed mosque and its minaret, an ethnographic museum and a Turkish bath. During the Albanian Revolt of 1432-1436 the city […]

Lake Bovilla History: The Bovilla reservoir (Albanian: Ujëmbledhësi i Bovillës) is a 4.6 square kilometres (1.8 sq mi) reservoir in Albania, approximately 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Tirana and southeast of Kruja, within Mount Dajt National Park. It provides most of the drinking water for Tirana. The reservoir is formed by a dam of the river Tërkuzë, a tributary of the Ishëm. The Tërkuzë has its source […]

Dardha Ski Center History: The town of Dardhë was first founded by Albanian Orthodox after death of Scanderbeg fleeing into the mountains to avoid the Ottoman administration. Unlike villages located in the Gramos mountains, Dardhë did not undergo any serious collapse or destruction during Ottoman rule. A Greek school was founded in the village in 1810 by […]

St. Athanasius’ Church History: The church was erected in 1721. The church now serves as a cemetery church in Moscopole. It is a basilica-type church, with a central nave and two lateral aisles, and is found in the northeastern side of Moscopole, at the Akamnel neighborhood. The church has two cupolas that stay on two main pillars and eight surrounding […]

St. John the Baptist’s Monastery History: St. John the Baptist’s Monastery (Albanian: Manastiri i Shën Prodhromit is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in Voskopojë, Albania. According to the donor’s inscription, the church inside the Monastery was built in 1632 and painted in 1659. Today the monastery is declared a Cultural Monument of Albania. The monastery includes the church as well as two […]