The Et'hem Bey Mosque is located in the same square.
Completed around 1800, il was closed for many years during the Communist dictatorship.

In 1991 almost 10.000 person entered again to pray, despite opposition from the authorities.

The frescoes and mosaics inside and outside are incredible.Read more

The city center is extremely clean, tidy, full of restaurants and tourists.
Almost everywhere shops also accept the Euro and many locals speak Italian, a consequence of the great migration to Italy during the Albanian dictatorship.
Italy is super present here: the majority of turists are italians, near the central square there is the Italian cultural center as well as a representative office of the Puglia Region.

Finally, everywhere in the streets you can see Albanian nationalism with flags in every shop and beautiful graffiti.Read more