Musei e siti storici in Albania

Museums & Heritage

Albania’s history spans from antiquity to the 20th century. This collection features the UNESCO-listed ruins of Buthrotum and the Greek trade colony of Apollonia. In Tirana, the National Historical Museum and Bunk’Art 2 document the country's transition from Ottoman influence to the Cold War era. Religious heritage is represented by the Shkodër Cathedral and the Orthodox St. Nicholas Monastery Church in Mesopotam. Notable landmarks include the Roman Amphitheatre of Durrës and the Skanderbeg Museum in Krujë, dedicated to Albania’s national hero.

Museums & Heritage — Mappa

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Buthrotum

Butrint was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus.

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National Historical Museum

The National History Museum is a historical museum in Tirana, Albania.

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Apollonia

Apollonia was an Ancient Greek trade colony which developed into an independent polis, and later a Roman city, in southern Illyria.

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Amphitheatre

The Amphitheatre of Durrës is a Roman amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Durrës, Albania.

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Bunk'Art 2

Located in a former nuclear bunker in central Tirana, this museum documents the history of the Albanian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the political persecution carried out by the Sigurimi secret police during the communist era.

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Skanderbeg Museum

The National History Museum "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu", also known as the Skanderbeg Museum or the Kruja Museum, is located in Krujë and…

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Mother Teresa

Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and…

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Shkodër Cathedral

St Stephen's Catholic Church, also known as Shkodër Cathedral, is a cathedral in the city of Shkodër in northwestern Albania.

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St. Nicholas Monastary Church

St. Nicholas Monastery Church is the katholikon of the abandoned Orthodox monastery of Saint George in Mesopotam, Vlorë County, Albania.

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Ibrahim Dalliu

Hafiz Ibrahim Dalliu was an Albanian alim, writer, publisher, educator, and activist of the Albanian national cause.

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Phoenice

Phoenice or Phoenike was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians.