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  • Day 6

    Tirana Walking Tour

    September 27, 2022 in Albania ⋅ 🌧 19 °C

    Finally some sunshine, this morning setting out on a morning walking tour of Tirana so that we can get out bearings. Included on the tour was the usual history of the city and Albanian people from Roman Empire to Ottoman rule, to brief independence and communist control and the consequent fall out a Balkans war. The tour included many many stops on the way including:

    Skanderbeg Square
    Skanderberg statue
    clock tower
    Et'Hem Bey Mosque
    Bunk'art 2
    National Art Gallery
    Tirana Castle
    Saint Paul Catholic Cathedral
    the pyramid
    AirAlbania Stadium
    Mother Teresa Square
    Boulevard The Martyrs of the Nation
    Postblock CheckPoint
    Former Residence of Enver Hoxha
    Orthodox Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
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