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Located near the outflow of the Shkumbin River into the Adriatic Sea in Central Albania, the fortress is part of the tentative list for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. 7 Porto Palermo Castle: Himarë: preserved 113 m (371 ft) 15th century The triangular shaped castle is situated in the closed bay of Porto Palermo, a few ...
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Castle of Durrës (Dyrrachium) is a castle of the early medieval southwest of the peninsula of Durrës. It was built in the 5th-6th century by Roman emperor Anastasius I Dicorus (491-518) who was born in this city. The surrounding walls lay at 3.5 km and had 4 towers of about 18 meters high. Around 500 meters of surrounding walls are kept.
In addition to the sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list. [13] As of 2021, Albania recorded four sites on its tentative list. [14]
Porto Palermo Castle is a castle near Himarë in southern Albania with an intriguing history. It is situated in the closed bay of Porto Palermo, a few kilometers south of Himarë, and makes nearly an island that is connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land.
Despite being a small country, Albania boasts three sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List: Butrint (Latin: ButhrÅtum) was an ancient Greek city, then a Roman one and the seat of a late Roman bishopric After a period of abandonment it was occupied by the Byzantines the Angevins and the Venetians. It was finally abandoned in the late ...
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