© Albinfo · CC BY 3.0Tirana DistrictQark TiranaTirana District was one of the 36 districts of Albania until July 2000, when it was dissolved and replaced by Tirana County. Its territory covered 1,193 square kilometres and had a population of 523,150 in 2001. The district included the municipalities of Tirana, Kamëz and Vorë. These areas now form part of the larger… read moreOpen place
© Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0National Library of AlbaniaTiranaThe National Library of Albania stands in Tirana, Albania’s capital, a modern institution whose roots reach back to 1917. Founded in 1920 and opened in 1922, it moved to its present site in 1966 after years in scattered buildings across the country. By 1995 its collections had grown from three thousand items to nearly… read moreOpen place
© Albinfo · CC BY 4.0Air Albania StadiumTiranaArena Kombëtare stands in Tirana’s centre on Italia Square, beside the larger Mother Teresa Square. The stadium replaced the old Qemal Stafa Stadium, built in the 1930s under Italian architects Gherardo Bosio, Armando Brasini and Florestano Di Fausto. Its eight-faceted design gives each side a distinct purpose, with a… read moreOpen place
© Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0Et'hem Bey MosqueTiranaThe Et’hem Bey Mosque stands in the centre of Tirana beside the Clock Tower. Built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries by Molla Bey and his son Haxhi Et’hem Bey, it forms part of the city’s historic core. The mosque’s outer walls and inner portico are covered with frescoes of trees, waterfalls and bridges… read moreOpen place
© Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0Skanderbeg SquareTiranaSkanderbeg Square stands at the heart of Tirana, covering about 40,000 square metres. The square takes its name from Albania’s national hero, Skanderbeg, whose tall monument rises at its centre. Around the square lie major buildings such as the Palace of Culture, the National Historical Museum, the Bank of Albania and… read moreOpen place
© Julian Nyča · CC BY-SA 3.0Mother AlbaniaTiranaMother Albania stands at the National Martyrs’ Cemetery on a hillside above Tirana. The statue is twelve metres tall and made of concrete. It shows Albania as a mother watching over the graves of those who died for the country. Up to 28,000 partisans from the Second World War are buried in the cemetery. A wreath of… read moreOpen place
© P4Jags · CC BY-SA 2.0Great Mosque of TiranaTiranaThe Great Mosque of Tirana stands in the heart of Albania’s capital, beside the parliament building on a 10,000-square-metre site. It is the largest mosque in the Balkans, able to hold 10,000 worshippers, and follows Classical Ottoman design with four 50-metre minarets and a central dome 30 metres high. Its first… read moreOpen place
© Richardsut · CC BY-SA 3.0Qemal Stafa StadiumTiranaThe Qemal Stafa Stadium stood in central Tirana as Albania’s national football ground for seven decades. Built in 1939 by Italian architect Gherardo Bosio, it opened in 1946 with a Balkan Cup victory over Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania. The ground hosted Albania’s Superliga clubs—KF Tirana, Partizani and Dinamo—and… read moreOpen place
© Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0National Historical MuseumTiranaThe National History Museum stands in the centre of Tirana, its large rectangular building occupying a prominent place in the city. The museum covers 27,000 square metres, with 18,000 square metres given over to exhibitions. It contains pavilions dedicated to Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Independence,… read moreOpen place
© BBB2021 · CC BY-SA 4.0Pyramid of TiranaTiranaThe Pyramid of Tirana stands in the capital of Albania, a striking concrete structure built as the Enver Hoxha Museum in 1988. Designed by the leader’s daughter Pranvera Hoxha and her husband Klement Kolaneci, along with Pirro Vaso and Vladimir Bregu, it was once Albania’s most expensive single building. After the… read moreOpen place
