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Kus Lake
Albania
Kus lake is located in Kashar (Kus village), only 10 km outside of Tirana. There is evidence of Kashar’s existence since antiquity; the very first doc...
Lakes and rivers
Protected natural areas
Saint Paul Cathedral
Albania
Saint Paul Cathedral is the Catholic Cathedral of Tirana built between 1994 and 2002 and is dedicated to the apostle St. Paul. It is a modern-looking ...
History and tradition
Architecture
Religious sites
Petrela Castle
Albania
One of Albania’s best preserved castles, Petrela sits picturesquely on a steep slope overlooking a river, 15 km southeast of Tirana, along the road to...
History and tradition
Architecture
Skanderbeg Square
Albania
Tirana’s main square, Sheshi Skenderbej is named after the Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu. The total area is about 40.000 square m...
History and tradition
Architecture
UNESCO heritage
Brataj Bridge
Albania
Ura e Brataj, a cultural monument and protected by the state, still functions today in the municipality of Brataj, in the village of the same name on ...
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Amantia Archaeological Park
Albania
The archaeological park and Illyrian city of Amantia is a living historical testimony of the Ionian coast. Built in the 5th century BC, it is one of t...
Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral
Albania
The cathedral is located in the heart of Tirana and its construction finished in June of 2012 but was opened for the the public in June 2014. The Cath...
History and tradition
Architecture
Religious sites
Bay of Shen Andreu
Albania
St. Andrew's Bay is the most southern of the smallest bays that can be found in Karaburun National Park. The bay is very picturesque with a small ...
The Botanical Park of Tirana
Albania
The Botanical Gardens of Tirana is a scenic botanical gardens complex located in southern Tirana. It is situated towards the south of the city and is ...
Protected natural areas
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Strada a Matrice
Molise
Legend has it that only seven churches have survived over the centuries: those of Santa Maria di Monteverde, Maria Santissima Assunta di Ferrazzano, San Leonardo di Campobasso, Santa Maria di Cercemaggiore, Santa Maria della Strada di Matrice and the cathedral of Volturara Appula, while the name of the seventh remains obscure. The origins of the church, in honour of the Madonna, are linked to the period when the feud of Matrice was ruled by Roberto Valerio and it seems that he himself donated the land on which the monument stands. The construction of the church can be dated around 1100, and it was consecrated in 1148 by Archbishop Pietro and bishops Giovanni di Volturara, Raimondo di Cividale and Roberto di Bojano.
Religious sites
Villages and old cities
Architecture
Santuario della Madonna di Bisaccia in Montenero di Bisaccia
Molise
The Sanctuary of the Madonna di Bisaccia is about 1 km from the centre of Montenero di Bisaccia, situated on a hill and close to the Tratturo Centurelle - Montesecco, a derivation of the Reale Tratturo L'Aquila - Foggia. It dates back to 1200, and besides being a place of worship to which the inhabitants of Montenero are most attached, it is also the destination of many pilgrimages coming not only from Molise but also from Abruzzo and Puglia. The Sanctuary of the Madonna di Bisaccia was built on the ruins of an earlier chapel destroyed by various earthquakes. Originally, the central plan dates back to 1811, while the side aisles were added in 1840.
Religious sites
Villages and old cities
Architecture
Chiesa dei ss Cosma e Damiano di Isernia
Molise
The small church of Saints Cosma and Damiano is located outside the town of Isernia, on a small hill at the foot of which flows the Carpino river. A festival dedicated to the martyred saints is held in the last week of September. The people of Isernia and neighbouring communities are very devoted to the thaumaturge saints and it can be said with certainty that this hill has always been a place of devotion.
Religious sites
Architecture
Villages and old cities
Eremo di San Luca Pescopennataro
Molise
Located at Pescopennataro an altitude of 1500 m a.s.l., the Hermitage of San Luca is in a place of particular natural beauty, built by exploiting a natural hollow at the base of a high stone wall, making it one of the most majestic hermitages created from a cave. The interior is formed by the hollowing out of the rock, while the outer walls are built of stone or wood. It consists of two rooms with separate entrance doors: the first was used as a dwelling, the second as a chapel for praying, equipped with an altar with the picture of the Saint.
Religious sites
Villages and old cities
Architecture
Cappella di Santa Maria Assunta Macchia Valfortore
Molise
The chapel of Madonna Assunta, or 'cappella a llong' in Macchiarolo dialect, built in the 18th century, stands on a high hill, from where a good part of the Fortore valley can be admired. Some anecdotes are linked to the small rock church: The first one wants that due to its position it is considered one of the seven sisters (churches that can be seen from each other and the seventh sees Rome and therefore St. Peter).
Religious sites
Architecture
Villages and old cities
Chiesa della Madonna del Castello in San Felice del Molise
Molise
The church (also called Santa Maria Divina) was built in 1910 on the ruins of a castle where, it is said, lived a princess named Cecilia, who died in Rome in a state of sanctity. Among the ruins of the ancient castle existing on the spot, was found by a faithful, a small bronze statue (now lost, it retains only a photograph). According to the story was the Virgin herself to appear to the woman and showed her the place where his effigy was. Immediately began the pilgrimages, became so numerous to give life to the cult of the Virgin sanctioned by the competent ecclesiastical authority. Particularly interesting is the rite that is celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, the statuette of the Immaculate Virgin -different from the original one stolen at the end of the '70s- is carried on foot in procession from the inhabited center of San Felice to the church of the Madonna del Castello.
Religious sites
Architecture
Villages and old cities
Eremo di Sant’Egidio in Frosolone
Molise
The Hermitage of St. Egidio in Frosolone is a pretty little church just outside the village, at the foot of Colle dell'Orso. Dedicated to the patron saint of Frosolone, Sant'Egidio, a hermit to whom numerous healings and miracles are attributed. It is of very ancient construction, the date is unknown, but in the Middle Ages it was a chapel with a hermitage and depended on the Convent of Sant'Onofrio, which stood a little higher up, garrisoned by the Antonians (a hospital and monastic-military order of the Middle Ages).
Religious sites
Villages and old cities
Architecture
Llogara National Park and Hiking Llogara
Albania
In 1966 the national park of Llogara was declared a cultural monument. It lies in Vlore southwestern Albania, along the lonian sea, taking up a surfac...
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Grotta di San Michele a Sant'Angelo in Grotte
Molise
The sanctuary dates back to 1200 and is located in Sant'Angelo in Grotte, a hamlet of Santa Maria del Molise. On the perimeter of the old church, a single-nave church was rebuilt from scratch. The walls of the cave were restored and enlarged in 1890 with the contribution of emigrants to the USA. Inside, there is a charming cave with a spring of blessed water. There is a legend attached to this place: "Saint Michael chose this place as his earthly home. Fascinated by the beauty of the place, but disappointed by the behaviour of the inhabitants, one day he walked through a crevice in the rock and from there took flight for the place that is still called Monte Sant'Angelo".
Religious sites
Architecture
Villages and old cities
Eremo S. Amico San Pietro Avellana
Molise
Situated at an altitude of 960 metres above sea level, the hermitage stands, according to legend, on the site where the Saint's body was found.
In the 13th century, immediately after the death of Sant'Amico, the first construction of the sanctuary took place. In 1623, Abbot Bernardino de Saavedra officially recognised the discovery of the body of St. Amadeus, thus giving rise to the church's official cult. The church dates back to the middle of the 17th century. It has a Greek cross plan and the presbytery is surmounted by a dome.
Religious sites
Architecture
Villages and old cities
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta di Ripabottoni
Molise
Located at Ripabottoni, the church of Santa Maria Assunta is one of the best examples of Baroque architecture in Molise, so much so that in 1926 it was declared a monument of national interest. The work of the Neapolitan architect Ferdinando Sanfelice, author of numerous palaces and churches in Naples, it was built between 1731 and 1774. The interior has a basilica layout with three naves and no transept, and is richly decorated with stucco work. The building contains the most significant works of the painter Paolo Gamba, a native of Ripabottoni, and a work by his Neapolitan master Francesco Solimena.
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