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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.
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.
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 ...
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
Belisarius prepared to cross to Italy and Theodahad sent envoys to Justinian, proposing at first to cede Sicily and recognise his overlordship but later to cede all of Italy. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In March 536 Mundus overran Dalmatia and captured its capital, Salona , but a large Gothic army arrived and Mundus' son Mauricius died in a skirmish.
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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))
527–565) and thus a member of the wider Justinian dynasty and cousin to Justinian's successor, Emperor Justin II (r. 565–578 ). [ 2 ] In 540, he was named ordinary consul at a very young age; he is illustrated as beardless in his consular diptych , and is still mentioned as a "young man" by Procopius nine years later.