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In 2004, the Bank of Albania issued a coin celebrating Albanian antiquity, depicting the Beauty of Durrës and decorative elements from it on both the obverse and the reverse. This is a serrated white-metal coin with a face value of 50 Lekë, 24.25 millimetres (0.955 in) in diameter and weighing 5.50 grams, and some 200,000 of the coins were ...
Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, prostitution in Albania was virtually unknown. Migration from rural areas to cities, and the economic problems following the Soviet collapse, caused some women to turn to prostitution. [2] Street prostitution occurs near the centre of the capital, Tirana, mainly by Roma men and women ...
Durrës (/ ˈ d ʊr ə s / DUURR-əs, [8] [9] Albanian:; Albanian definite form: Durrësi) is the second-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, [10] with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history.
Floriana Garo (born 15 February 1987) is an Albanian television personality and former Miss Albania.. She represented Albania in the Miss World 2012 beauty pageant. [1]Garo was the first host of the entertainment show Jo Vetem Mode on TV Klan as well as the first weather presenter on Albania's ABC News.
The Aleksandër Moisiu Theatre, or called also Durrës Theatre (Albanian: Teatri Aleksandër Moisiu) is a theatre in the city centre of Durrës, Albania. The theatre took its name from Austrian actor Alexander Moissi , who was of Albanian descent.
Drita Ziri (born 26 May 2005) is an Albanian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth 2023. She is the first Albanian to win the Miss Earth title and to win one of the Big Four beauty pageants. Winning the title at 18 years and 210 days, she became the youngest winner of Miss Earth.
The Beach of Durrës (Albanian: Plazhi i Durrësit) is the biggest and most visited beach in Albania. [1] It lines the seafront of the city of Durrës and is about 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) long. A number of notable Hotels overlook the beach such as the Adriatik Hotel .
The Basilica of Saint Michael (Albanian: Bazilika e Shën Mëhillit) is a former basilica dedicated to Saint Michael, located in Arapaj, Durrës. Its ruins have been declared a Cultural Monument of Albania. [1] The Basilica of Saint Michael is an early Palaeo-Christian church which is believed to date to the 5th or 6th century.