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Durrës is home to the largest archaeological museum in the country, the Durrës Archaeological Museum, located near the beach. North of the museum are the sixth-century Byzantine walls constructed after the Visigoth invasion of 481. The bulk of the museum's collection comprises artefacts from the nearby ancient site of Dyrrhachium and includes ...
The Royal Villa of Durrës (Albanian: Vila mbretërore e Durrësit), commonly known as Royal Villa of Durrës, is a historical building in the city of Durrës, Albania.It served as the summer residence of King Zog.
The castle was built by the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (r. 491–518), a native of Durrës (ancient Dyrrhachium), who was born into an Illyro-Roman family. [1] [2] At the time, Anastasius made the city one of the most fortified cities on the Adriatic.
The Archaeological Museum of Durrës (Albanian: Muzeu Arkeologjik i Durrësit) in Durrës, Albania, established in 1951, is the largest archaeological museum in the country. [1]
The Ancient walls of Durrës. The ancient walls of Durrës are ancient fortified walls in Albania. They were built from the 3rd century to the 5th century AD by the Byzantines to protect the city of Durrës from possible invasion of foreign conquerors. [1]
After a wait of more than two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum has welcomed visitors into 12 of its galleries – Tamara Davison travels to Cairo to find out if the treasures within are enough ...
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