| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Albania |
City / Town : Durres
|
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The city of Durres.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Durres
|
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Durres is a port city.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Durres
|
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Green building.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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The setting of Tirana, the capital of Albania.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Tirana became the capital of Albania in 1920.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1614.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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Busy Skenderbej Square.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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The square was rebuilt after WW2.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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Skenderbej Square is the centre of Tirana.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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People in the square.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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Statue of Gjergj Kastrioti, Albania's national hero (known as Skenderbej) who fought the Ottomans.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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The Palace of Culture.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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The Palace of Culture dominates one side of the square and is now an opera house.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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The National Museum of History.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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Small park near to the square.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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Three men in a park by the square.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
 |
Clocktower.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
Site / Event : Et'Hem Bey Mosque
|
 |
The Et'Hem Bey Mosque is one of the oldest buildings in Tirana.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
Site / Event : Et'Hem Bey Mosque
|
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The mosque is in Ottoman style.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
Site / Event : Et'Hem Bey Mosque
|
 |
The mosque has external paintings.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
Site / Event : Et'Hem Bey Mosque
|
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Painting.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
Site / Event : Et'Hem Bey Mosque
|
 |
Decoration in the mosque.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
 |
The centre is famous for its Italian style buildings.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
District : Skenderbej Square
|
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The view of the square.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
 |
Brightly painted appartment block.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Street scene in central Tirana.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Cafe.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Pedestrian street in the busy centre.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Colourful Italian style government buildings in central Tirana.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Circular building.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Government buildings.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Modern church.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Stone bridge.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Shops in the centre.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Street scene.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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The Biloku district of the city.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Former residence of Enver Hoxha who ruled Albania between 1941 and 1985.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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The Pyramid was once a museum for Enver Hoxher.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
 |
The Prime Ministers Residence.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
 |
Pastel painted buildings.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Tirana
|
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Residential area.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Central Albania
|
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Hills and valleys in central Albania.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Central Albania
|
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Agricultural land in central Albania.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Central Albania
|
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Ottoman bridge.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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The town of Kruja with its Ottoman style minaret.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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View over the rooftops of the town.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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The bazaar area.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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The bazaar.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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Carpet weavers.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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Clothes shop.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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Weaving carpets.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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Shop.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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Minaret backed by mountains.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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Kruja spreads up the steep mountainside.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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House entrance.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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Houses on the hillside.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
 |
Dramatic scenery at Kruja.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
|
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The town is on the hillside.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The entrance to the fort.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
 |
The fort at Kruja dates from the 3rd century BCE and was a 12th century Byzantine centre.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The fort was a base for Skanderbeg between 1443 and 1468.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The fort was taken by the Ottomans at the fourth attempt in 1478.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
 |
The walls of the fort.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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Kruja fort is set against spectacular mountains.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The original inhabitants were Illyrians.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The watchtower dominates the fort.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The watchtower.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
 |
Ruined buildings at the fort.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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Stone brick structure.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
 |
Circular structure.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The fort begins where the old town ends.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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Mountain scenery.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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Dramatic view from the fort.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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Mountains surround the fort.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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View down the hill.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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Houses at the base of the mountains.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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Young students.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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View across Kruja from the fort.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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View to the old town.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The modern city.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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View of the rooftops.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The site museum.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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The entrance to the site museum.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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Historical carving.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Kruja
Site / Event : Kruja Fort
|
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View from the site museum.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Eastern Albania
|
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Forested mountains, Eastern Albania.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Eastern Albania
|
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Fertile valley in the East of Albania.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Eastern Albania
|
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Settelemnts near Lake Ohrid.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Eastern Albania
|
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One of the thousands of bunkers bult by the Comminist regime near Albania's borders.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Eastern Albania
|
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Spectacular landscape.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Eastern Albania
|
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Roadside drinking fountain.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
Region : Eastern Albania
|
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Irrigation system.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Berati
|
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View of the old part of Berati from the centre. Ottoman houses rise up the hillside which is topped by a citadel.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Berati
|
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Men socialising in the park.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Berati
|
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Turkeys.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Berati
District : Mangalem
|
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St Demetrius is an Orthodox cathedral in Mangalem, the Muslim lower district of Berati.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Berati
District : Mangalem
|
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Ottoman houses rise up the hillside which is topped by a citadel.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Berati
District : Mangalem
|
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Wedding.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Berati
District : Mangalem
|
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Wedding cars.
|
2006 |
| Albania |
City / Town : Berati
District : Mangalem
|
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Berati is a museum town famous for its Ottoman houses.
|
2006 |
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