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SKËNDULI HOUSE
Mansion to visit
4.7/5
• 7 reviews
This beautiful fortified house is the best preserved in Gjirokastra. Guided ...Read more
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CITADEL OF GJIROKASTRA
Military monuments
3.7/5
• 9 reviews
Erected on a rocky spur overlooking Gjirokastra, this fortress is the ...Read more
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COLD WAR MUSEUM
Specialized museum
3/5
• 1 review
Museum dedicated to the Communist dictatorship in former underground ...Read more
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ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF GJIROKASTRA
Museums
2.3/5
• 3 reviews
On the site of Enver Hoxha's birthplace. Reconstructions of rooms from ...Read more
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MUSÉE DE L'ARMEMENT
Specialized museum
In the citadel's underground passages. Mainly devoted to partisan fighting ...Read more
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ZEKATE HOUSE
Mansion to visit
This large, four-storey building is Gjirokastra's most beautiful ...Read more
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CATHÉDRALE DE LA RÉSURRECTION-DU-CHRIST
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
A strange Orthodox cathedral designed by a New York architectural firm and ...Read more
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HOUSE OF ISMAIL KADARE
Places associated with famous people to visit
Birthplace of the great Franco-Albanian writer. Almost entirely rebuilt in ...Read more
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PLACE ÇERÇIZ-TOPULLI
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Now a pedestrian square, it marks the entrance to the Unesco World Heritage ...Read more
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OFFICE DU TOURISME DE GJIROKASTRA
Tourist office
One of the most active in the country. Information, guided tours, ...Read more
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF ANTIGONIA
Archaeological site
Ancient town of Antigonia founded in 295 BC by Pyrrhus I. Greek, Roman and ...Read more
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OBÉLISQUE DE L'ÉDUCATION
Columns and statues to see
Monument erected on a hill overlooking the bazaar district to commemorate ...Read more
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BAZAAR MOSQUE
Mosque to visit
The city's only ancient mosque, spared by the atheist campaign of 1967. The ...Read more
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ALI-PACHA BRIDGE
Works of art to see
Very beautiful. This is actually a section of an old aqueduct built in ...Read more
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HOUSE OF POLYPHONY
Specialized museum
Read moreOpened in 2022, this private museum (Shtëpia e Polifonisë) is housed in underground passageways built during the Communist period, and is entered via the very pleasant Café Te Kubé. The focus here is on the isopolyphonic songs of the Gjirokastra region, which have been listed as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage site since 2008: English-language panels, photos, interactive videos for trying out the drone (the continuous low note that accompanies the melody) and, of course, the songs themselves, broadcast in a 48 m-long sound tunnel.
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CHURCH OF THE SAINT-SAUVEUR
Museums
Former Orthodox cathedral erected in 1784 with a nave, three apses and an ...Read more
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FICO HOUSE
Mansion to visit
House belonging to the Fico family, distinguished by its magnificent yellow ...Read more
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COL DU BAZAR
Street square and neighborhood to visit
This "pass" (Qafa e Pazarit) is a crossroads that forms the center of the ...Read more