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Blue Eye albania

Blue Eye

Albania

The "Blue Eye" is a water spring and natural occurring near the village of Muzine in Finiq municipality, southern Albania. Blue eye, a hypnoti...
The Church of St. Friday albania

The Church of St. Friday

Albania

St. Friday" church is the earliest church in Voskopoja. It is thought to have been constructed in 1378. According to the legend still circulating ...
Butrint albania

Butrint

Albania

Located 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Sarada, Butrint National Park encompasses 9,424 hectares (94.24 km2) of hilly terrain with freshwater lakes, we...
Kakome Bay albania

Kakome Bay

Albania

Kakome Bay is one the quietest beaches along the coast, located on the Ionian Coast, west of the village of Nivica, between cape of Qefali and Akroriz...
Dede Reshat Bardhi Tekke albania

Dede Reshat Bardhi Tekke

Albania

Dede Reshat Bardhi Tekke is located in the north-west of the city of Sarandë, Sarandë administrative unit, Municipality of Sarandë. Its construction w...
Christ's Revival Cathedral albania

Christ's Revival Cathedral

Albania

The Resurrection of Christ Cathedral of Korçe is the main Albanian Orthodox church in Korce. The new cathedral stands on the site of an earlier temple...
Maligrad Island albania

Maligrad Island

Albania

It is located in Lake Prespa e Madhe, 900 meters above the sea-level. The island’s namesake, Maligrad, translates as “small city”, from the Macedonian...
Palazzo Pistilli Campobasso molise

Palazzo Pistilli Campobasso

Molise

Palazzo Pistilli, declared of historical-artistic interest in 1996, rises in the highest part of the ancient nucleus of Campobasso along the salita di San Bartolomeo, so called because of the presence of the Romanesque church of the same name further up. A museum to immerse yourself in the history of art. A cozy and relaxing environment that allows you to exalt works that are part of a collection once private, now public at the behest of the owners.
Torre Angioina Colletorto molise

Torre Angioina Colletorto

Molise

The Angioina Tower was built during the reign of Giovanna I d'Angio' probably on a Norman preesitente plant. E'a circular plant, of strong mass, high 25 meters. The boundaries introduce to crown, in high, a series of beccatelli and battlements. It dominates on the valley of the S.Maria valley and the valley of the Fortore. We don't know the precise year in which such work was realized, but, since Giovanna I reigned from 1343 to 1382, the year of its edification is to make to go back around to 1369.
Borgo abbandonato di Rocchetta Alta molise

Borgo abbandonato di Rocchetta Alta

Molise

The village of Rocchetta Alta is a highly suggestive place, dominated by the ruins of the ancient castle and surrounded by houses abandoned in the mid-nineteenth century, walking through the alleys of the houses it seems that some of them are still waiting for the return of the ancient owners.
Ruderi Castello Duronia molise

Ruderi Castello Duronia

Molise

On the hill of San Tommaso, north of the village, remain ruins of the ancient castle. In ancient times the name of the village was Civitate veteris; in the XVIII century many archaeological discoveries were made attesting the presence, already in ancient times, of a big urban center. In the inhabited center they are evidenced the massive structures of the medieval Castle, with beside the Church of Saint Nicola, realized almost surely in the epoch in which the castle has been built. Also in the inhabited center it is found a Cross in stone whose dating could go back to the century XV, in analogy to that one of Civitanova del Sannio.
Castello delle Riporse Longano molise

Castello delle Riporse Longano

Molise

Located at an altitude of 550 m.s.l.m., the settlement is partly destroyed in the elevation, except in the south-eastern part. As far as building materials are concerned, the exclusive use of limestone makes the structure very solid and imposing. Few fragments of terracotta tiles have been found during the topographical survey, moreover it must be considered that in the realization of the roofs often and willingly were also used the limestone shingles, building tradition still preserved today in Molise.
Torre di Morrone del Sannio molise

Torre di Morrone del Sannio

Molise

The dovecote tower is an architectural form, used for the breeding of the pigeons, inside which there were the cells that hosted the birds for their breeding. Often, however, these towers had the double function of dovecote tower and watch tower, however, in general, they had no active defensive function, given their inadequacy to this task, and could only be of help to intimidate the enemy arriving, unable to distinguish, because of the distance, the real nature of the tower. The one in question, perched on a rock overlooking the Biferno river, presumably dates back to the fourteenth century AD.
Castello di Lupara molise

Castello di Lupara

Molise

The castle dominates the upper part of the town of Lupara, formed according to a spontaneous urban planning defined as winding, because it follows the contours of the hill. The fortified structure (12th century) is articulated through scarped masonry, reinforced cantonals and angular bertesca. A portal to all sixth introduces in a small hanging garden from which it is approached the most ancient environments of the fortification, currently in ruin and lacking in coverage.
The Castle Of Libohova albania

The Castle Of Libohova

Albania

The Libohova Castle is one of many fortifications built by Ali Pasha Tepelena at the end of 18th century. It is situated at a dominant spot over today...
French Army Cemetery albania

French Army Cemetery

Albania

French Military Cemetery, is located near Rinia Park in Korca city. A large cemetery in the memory of 640 soldiers who died during the conflicts of Fi...
Borova Memorial World War II albania

Borova Memorial World War II

Albania

Borova Memorial, is a small museum and a remodeled cemetery, located in Borove village, in Korca county. It commemorates the 107 residents who lost th...
Chiesa di Sant'Emidio ad Agnone molise

Chiesa di Sant'Emidio ad Agnone

Molise

The 'cathedral' of Agnone is dedicated to St. Emidio, and is thought to have been erected by merchants from Ascoli Piceno (who had an intense wool and fabric trading relationship with Agnone) in honour of their patron saint, protector against earthquakes. It was built outside the medieval city walls almost certainly following the disastrous earthquake of 1096. Initially modest in size and with a single nave, it was enlarged in later centuries.
Prespa National Park albania

Prespa National Park

Albania

Prespa National Park is situated in southeastern Albania on the border triangle shared with Greece and North Macedonia. It is situated 45 kilometers n...
Dardha Village albania

Dardha Village

Albania

Dardha, 300-year-old southern touristic village, at a height of 1344 meters, has unforgettable panoramas and delicious food being the place to spend y...

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