SARAJ DE RESEN

This 1909 neoclassical castle (Ресенски Сарај/Resenski Saraj) bears the Turkish name saraj (pronounced "saraï") meaning "palace". Inspired by the Château de Versailles, it was built for Ahmed Niyazi Bey (1873-1913), the Albanian governor of the Ottoman Empire and a native of Resen. Today, it houses the municipal library, a contemporary ceramics gallery and the town's museum. The latter houses three 4,000-year-old wooden boats discovered almost intact in the mud at Nakolec, on the eastern shore of Lake Prespa.