In the nation's capital, Tirana, located 278km (173 miles) to the north, many Hoxha-era monuments have been torn down to make way for new community spaces. Skanderbeg Square, for example ...

This infamous communist-era pyramid is being reborn as a tech hub The Pyramid of Tirana was a symbol of Albania's brutal dictator. Now, MVRDV has plans to convert it into an "inhabited monument." ...

Anastasios, the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and ... monasteries and cultural monuments were restored and 160 churches and 70 ecclesiastical buildings reconstructed.