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CinX · December 31, 2015, 11:54:53 PM

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CinX · January 03, 2016, 04:26:23 PM

Rozafa castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Rozafës) is a castle near the city of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It rises imposingly on a rocky hill, 130 metres above sea level, surrounded by the Bojana and Drin rivers. Shkodër is the capital of the District of Shkodër, and is one of Albania's oldest and most historic towns, as well as an important cultural and economic centre.

Due to its strategic location, the hill has been settled since antiquity. It was an Illyrian stronghold until it was captured by the Romans in 167 BC. The 19th-century German author and explorer Johann Georg von Hahn suggested that the ancient and medieval city of Shkodër was located immediately south of the Rozafa hill, between the hill and the confluence of Bojana and Drin. The fortifications, as they have been preserved to date, are mostly of Venetian origin. The castle has been the site of several famous sieges, including the siege of Shkodra by the Ottomans in 1478 and the siege of Shkodra by the Montenegrins in 1912. The castle and its surroundings form an Archaeological Park of Albania.

CinX · January 03, 2016, 04:27:19 PM

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CinX · January 03, 2016, 04:27:47 PM

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CinX · January 03, 2016, 04:28:07 PM

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CinX · January 03, 2016, 04:28:55 PM

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CinX · January 04, 2016, 12:26:18 PM

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Shkodër - Rozafa Castle von cinxxx auf Flickr

CinX · January 04, 2016, 12:27:27 PM

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CinX · January 04, 2016, 12:30:24 PM

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Shkodër - Rozafa Castle by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · January 06, 2016, 02:30:15 PM

Tirana Listeni/tɨˈrɑːnə/ (Standard Albanian: Tiranë; regional Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.

Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of 321,546. Including suburbs, Tirana has 421,286 inhabitants. The city is host to many public institutions and public and private universities, and is the centre of the political, economic, and cultural life of the country.

Tirana is on the same parallel as Naples, Madrid, Istanbul, and New York, and on the same meridian as Budapest and Kraków.

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CinX · January 06, 2016, 02:30:32 PM

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Skanderbeg Square

National History Museum

Tirana by cinxxx, on Flickr

Palace of Culture

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