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Fortress of Justinian (Albanian: Kalaja e Justinianit) or simply known as Tirana Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Tiranës) is a castle in Tirana, Albania. Its history dates back before 1300 and is a remnant from the Byzantine-era. The fortress is the place where the main east–west and north–south roads crossed, and formed the heart of Tirana.
Name Location Status Elevation Built Description Image 1 Krujë Castle: Krujë: preserved 557 m (1,827 ft) 1190, 1982 The castle served as the center of Skanderbeg's rebellion against the Ottoman Empire
Dacian towns and fortress - Google Maps; Dacian towns and fortress - Google Earth; Dacian Davae in Enciclopedia Dacica (in Romanian) Dacian materials and construction techniques in Enciclopedia Dacica (in Romanian) Sorin Olteanu's Project: Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section ((in Romanian), partially (in English))
It has been adopted as the symbol of Tirana. [11] The stairs have 90 steps that go in a spiral fashion. It is 35 metres (115 ft) tall and was the tallest building in Tirana at the time. The clock was destroyed by bombardments during World War II and was replaced in 1946 with a Roman numeral clock from a church in Shkoder. [12]
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This is a list of settlements in Illyria founded by Illyrians (southern Illyrians, Dardanians, Pannonians), Liburni, Ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire.A number of cities in Illyria and later Illyricum were built on the sites or close to the sites of pre-existing Illyrian settlements, though that was not always the case.
The Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty began in 518 AD with the accession of Justin I. Under the Justinian dynasty, particularly the reign of Justinian I , the empire reached its greatest territorial extent since the fall of its Western counterpart , reincorporating North Africa , southern Illyria , southern Spain , and Italy into the ...
Tirano (Lombard: Tiran; German: Thiran) is a town and comune (municipality) in Valtellina, located in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy (northern Italy). It has 9,053 inhabitants (2016) and is adjacent to the Italy–Switzerland border. The river Adda flows through the town.