Found 300 metres above sea level in the south of Albania, Gjirokastra (also known as “Gjirokastër”) stands out for its medieval appearance. With its heritage faithfully preserved, you can ...

Berat and Gjirokastra are inscribed as rare examples of an architectural character typical of the Ottoman period. Located in central Albania, Berat bears witness to the coexistence of various ...

GJIROKASTRA, Albania: Snaking beneath a fortress in southern Albania, a covert tunnel network built during the communist era captures the secrecy and paranoia that defined the long rule of tyrant ...

On an official visit to Albania on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 February, and ahead of a working meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama in Tirana, the Director-General visited the historic centre of ...

GJIROKASTRA (ALBANIA) - Inside the stone walls of a 13th-century fortress, Albanian and Russian actors are striving to re-enact a little-known but troubling chapter of their shared history for the ...

33COM 7B.87 - HistoricCentres of Berat and Gjirokastra (Albania) (C 569 bis) 2008 32COM 8B.56 - Examination of nominations and minor modifications to the boundaries of naturel, mixed and cultural ...