• Thumbnail for Academy of Albanological Studies
    The Academy of Albanological Studies (AAS) (Albanian: Akademia e Studimeve Albanologjike; stylised asa) is the main institution of albanology in Albania...
    17 KB (1,820 words) - 01:27, 6 October 2024
  • The Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order (Albanian: Shteti Sovran i Urdhrit Bektashi; pronounced [ʃtɛti sɔvɾan i uɾðɾit bɛktaʃi]) is a proposed European...
    19 KB (1,658 words) - 19:06, 6 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for World Headquarters of the Bektashi
    headquarters of the Bektashi Order, a Sufi order. It is located on Dhimitër Kamarda Street at the eastern edge of Tirana, the capital of Albania. It serves...
    8 KB (646 words) - 16:17, 1 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Albani family
    Albani family (category Families of post-ancient Rome)
    of the Popes, 117. Brunga, Liza (2021). Kishat e Zadrimës deri në prag të kuvendit të Arbërit (Thesis). Academy of Albanological Studies (Academy of Sciences...
    6 KB (908 words) - 10:33, 21 May 2024
  • Treasures of the Nation). From the second half of the 20th century much research has been done by the Academy of Albanological Studies of Tirana and...
    20 KB (2,285 words) - 09:59, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pope Clement XI
    deri në prag të kuvendit të Arbërit (Thesis). Academy of Albanological Studies (Academy of Sciences of Albania). Frazee, Charles A. (2006) [1983]. Catholics...
    21 KB (2,321 words) - 21:28, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Xhamlliku
    Xhamlliku (category Neighbourhoods of Tirana)
    capital of Albania. It is so called because of a bar situated there in Communist times that had a glass (Albanian: xham) façade. This is one of the most...
    572 bytes (48 words) - 16:58, 21 May 2022
  • Thumbnail for Arena Kombëtare
    in the capital city of Tirana which was built on the ground of the former Qemal Stafa Stadium. The stadium has a seating capacity of 22,500 constituting...
    30 KB (3,210 words) - 18:30, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Albanology
    core of the present Albanological Institute was founded on 1 June 1953 with four staff members: Ilhami Nimani, Selman Riza, International Network of Albanology...
    8 KB (761 words) - 01:40, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Museum of Secret Surveillance
    The Museum of Secret Surveillance (Albanian: Muzeu i Përgjimeve të Sigurimit të Shtetit), also known as House of Leaves (Shtëpia me Gjethe) is a historical...
    4 KB (316 words) - 20:58, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Tirana
    DelVecchio Good (2008). Postcolonial disorders:Volume 8 of Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. University of California Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-520-25224-0...
    11 KB (881 words) - 02:00, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Downtown One
    most striking element of the 40-storey tower is its relief of cantilevered houses and offices, which form a pixelated ‘map’ of Albania, each representing...
    7 KB (696 words) - 08:29, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for InterContinental Hotel Tirana
    at the top of the terrace. The hotel will have a total of 300 rooms and suites, a large conference centre with a ballroom and a capacity of up to 1,000...
    7 KB (632 words) - 08:37, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Academy of Sciences of Albania
    Academy of Albanological Studies was integrated into the Academy of Sciences, while the latter was reorganized. Institute of Archeology Institute of History...
    11 KB (740 words) - 08:59, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Skanderbeg Square
    Skanderbeg Square (Albanian: Sheshi Skënderbej) is the main plaza in the centre of Tirana, Albania. The square is named after the Albanian national hero Gjergj...
    10 KB (875 words) - 23:33, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eyes of Tirana
    Eyes of Tirana is a high-rise mixed-use skyscraper under construction in Tirana, Albania. Designed by Henning Larsen Architects, the tower was topped out...
    5 KB (389 words) - 08:36, 25 September 2024
  • of accredited and non-accredited higher academic institutions based in Albania. Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education Academy of Sciences of Albania...
    9 KB (69 words) - 14:18, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Et'hem Bey Mosque
    Et'hem Bey Mosque (category Cultural Monuments of Albania)
    grand-grandson of Sulejman Pasha. At the time it was built it was part of complex buildings that compose the historical center of Tirana. In front of the mosque...
    7 KB (692 words) - 18:51, 19 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Landmarks in Tirana
    the University of Tirana together with the University of Arts, the National Archeological Museum and the Centre of Albanological Studies. The Skanderbeg...
    20 KB (2,247 words) - 14:40, 2 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tirana
    miles) of cycling routes in 2020. Tirana has the highest concentration of institutions of tertiary education in Albania, consisting of numerous academies, colleges...
    142 KB (12,000 words) - 14:36, 22 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Culture of Tirana
    objects of the architecture of the totalitarian regimes of 20th century, Tirana offers a couple of other such objects of both periods. The Palace of Brigades...
    10 KB (1,212 words) - 23:45, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alban Tower
    tall, being divided into 25 floors. The Alban Tower is part of a complex renovation programme of Tirana's historic centre which was designed and conceived...
    6 KB (491 words) - 08:31, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family
    Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family is a building in Tirana, capital of Albania, which holds the remains of King Zog and other members of his family...
    4 KB (212 words) - 13:49, 23 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tirana's Rock
    the bust of Gjergj Kastrioti (also known as Skanderbeg), one of Albania's Middle Ages main historical figures. Between 2018 and 2020, a suite of old two-story...
    6 KB (490 words) - 08:38, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ish-Blloku
    Ish-Blloku (category Neighbourhoods of Tirana)
    still find the residence of Albania’s communist leader Enver Hoxha. Since the fall of communism in Albania, a dramatic growth of new developments has taken...
    4 KB (341 words) - 15:38, 12 August 2024
  • Shpresa Gjongecaj (category Academic staff of the University of Tirana)
    was the Director of the Institute of Archaeology at the Academy of Albanological Studies from 2008 to 2013. She is the recipient of the Vermeil Token...
    9 KB (915 words) - 02:25, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mother Teresa Square (Tirana)
    the University of Arts, the Archeological Museum and the Centre of Albanological Studies. On 1980 a fountain was placed on the middle of the square and...
    4 KB (299 words) - 23:32, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Book Building
    takes part of the so-called "turbo-capitalist" modernization program of Tirana's central ward. List of tallest buildings in Albania List of tallest buildings...
    4 KB (213 words) - 21:31, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Namazgah Mosque
    The Great Mosque of Tirana (Albanian: Xhamia e Madhe e Tiranës) or Namazgah Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Namazgjasë; English: Mosque of Prayer) is a mosque...
    7 KB (413 words) - 07:55, 29 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Resurrection Cathedral, Tirana
    celebrate the 20th anniversary of the revival of the Albanian Orthodox Church and the election of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania. Designed by the New...
    6 KB (511 words) - 19:01, 2 October 2024