Venetian Albania (Venetian: Albania vèneta, Italian: Albania Veneta, Albanian: Arbëria Venedikase, Serbo-Croatian: Mletačka Albanija, Млетачка Албанија)...

known Albanian autonomous principality, Arbanon, was established in the 12th century. The Kingdom of Albania, Principality of Albania and Albania Veneta were...

Venetian-held Scutari (Shkodër in modern Albania) and governor in Split (Venetian Dalmatia), Albania Veneta, and the Morea. Antonio Loredan was born into...

Naples and the Republic of Venice (cf. Albania Veneta). The Italian Fascist regime legitimized its claim to Albania by conducting studies and using them...

The Albanian tribes (Albanian: fiset shqiptare) form a historical mode of social organization (farefisní) in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized...

The Italian protectorate of Albania, also known as Italian Albania, the Kingdom of Albania or Greater Albania, existed as a puppet state and protectorate...

1687 it was part of the Ottoman Empire and then from 1687 to 1797 the Albania Veneta of the Republic of Venice. It was a Catholic bishopric and remains a...

War (1463–1479), resulting in the capture of Negroponte, Lemnos and Albania Veneta by the Ottomans The Second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503), resulting...

retained the city, known as Durazzo in those years, as part of the Albania Veneta. It fended off a siege by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1466 but fell...

(also Gheg Albanian: Kanû/-ja, other names include Albanian: doke, zakon, venom, usull, itifatk, adet, sharte, udhë, rrugë) is a set of Albanian traditional...

with the study and origin of various symbols and elements, emerged in Albania towards the end of the 13th century. Over time, it has evolved as an inseparable...

Tattooing among Albanians is a long-standing tradition that has been practiced since Illyrian times, kept alive in the mountainous areas of the western...

in the southern parts of modern Montenegro and northern parts of modern Albania, around the Lake of Skadar. It was ruled by the Serbian families of Balšić...

In traditional Albanian culture, Gjakmarrja (English: "blood-taking", i.e. "blood feud") or hakmarrja ("revenge") is the social obligation to kill an offender...

History of Ottoman Albania (1385 - 1912) Albania Veneta Albanian nationalism and independence (1912) History of Albania (1919–1939) (World War I, and the Great...

in Central Albania. However, as Shkodër and the surroundings had a large ethnic Albanian majority, the area went to the state of Albania instead. When...

Cattaro and Perasto. Only in 1688 Risan became Venetian as part of the Albania Veneta with the Venetian name of Risano, enjoying a temporary economic growth...

Shkodra (Albanian: Rrethimi i Shkodrës) of 1474 was an Ottoman attack upon Venetian-controlled Shkodra (Scutari in Italian) in Albania Veneta during the...

Sutomore was called Spizza (in Venetian). It belonged administratively to Albania Veneta, except for short-lived periods of Ottoman occupation. When, in the...

Albanian paganism comprises the pagan customs, beliefs, rituals, myths and legends of the Albanian people. The elements of Albanian mythology are of ancient...

Dielli (Albanian indefinite form Diell), the Sun, holds the primary role in Albanian pagan customs, beliefs, rituals, myths, and legends. Albanian major...

Besa (Albanian indefinite form: besë) is an Albanian cultural precept, usually translated as "pledge of honor", "solemn faith" or "solemn oath", that means...

Central Albania, Malësia, and Western North Macedonia, but also extended into Southern Albania, Kosovo, and Albania Veneta. In addition to Albanians, who...

Balkan sworn virgins (in Albanian: burrnesha) are women who take a vow of chastity and live as men in patriarchal northern Albanian society, Kosovo and Montenegro...

Venice controlled some areas of the Albanian coast (called Albania Veneta). In addition, southern Italy contained Albanian-speaking communities (Arbëreshë...

as Teodo in Venetian, was under the Republic of Venice as a part of Albania Veneta from 1420 to 1797. In those centuries Teodo enjoyed economic development...

country to the Empire. Angelović accompanied Mehmed II when he attacked Albania Veneta in the summer of 1467, and ravaged the lands. For 15 days he pursued...

355,632 (67.15%) ethnic Muslims: 70,236 (13.26%) Serbs: 39,512 (7.46%) Albanians: 35,671 (6.74%) Yugoslavs: 10,943 (2.07%) Croats: 9,192 (1.74%) Total:...

corresponds to the territory of Albania Veneta of the Republic of Venice, lost to Napoleon I in 1797 (Albania Veneta was mostly Catholic). There are very...

Skanderbeg's rebellion (Albanian: Rebelimi i Skënderbeut) was an almost 25-year long anti-Ottoman rebellion led by the Albanian military commander Skanderbeg...