BERAT CASTLE- ONUFRI ICONOGRAPHIC MUSEUM- KRUJA BAZAAR & CASTLE in ALBANIA

A TRIP TO ONE OF ALBANIA’S OLDEST MARKETPLACES
The Kruja Bazaar is famous for being one of the oldest in Albania. The construction of the beautiful and fascinating marketplace of Krujëdates back over 400 years, and was the starting point of free trade among the city’s most established merchants. It is in this particular bazaar that traders first began to officially exchange various kinds of goods with one another. Conveniently located on the main road leading to the Castle of Kruja, the space forms part of the museum while also serving its traditional commercial purpose.
BERAT CASTLE (Albanian: Kalaja e Beratit), also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat, Albania. It dates mainly from the 13th century and contains many Byzantine churches in the area and Ottoman mosques.[1] It is built on a rocky hill on the right bank of the river Osum and is accessible only from the south. It is situated at an elevation of 214 metres (702 ft).[2]
ONUFRI ICONOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
The Museum holds 200 artwork objects, icons and liturgical items dated from the 14th century to the 20th, brought together from several churches and monasteries of the region. You will see icons painted by renown Albanian icon painters such as Onufri, Onufri’s son Nikolla, Onufër the Cypriot, David Selenica, Kostandin Shpataraku, the Çetiri tribe with Gjergji, Johani, Nikolla, Naumi, and his son Gjergji, as well as anonymous painters. By their side, the liturgical items bear the signature of Albanian silversmiths of various times, and the Cathedral woodcarvings were crafted by masters Stefan Barka and Naum Ngjela, from Misrasi and Lavdari, in Opari, in the early 19th Century.
KRUJA CASTLE
The Krujë Castle is a castle in the city of Krujë, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg’s resistance against the Ottoman Empire. During the Albanian Revolt of 1432-1436 the city was unsuccessfully besieged by Andrea Thopia and Ottoman rule was restored. After Skanderbeg’s resistance in 1443 the castle withstood three massive sieges from the Turks respectively in 1450, 1466 and 1467 with garrisons usually no larger than 2,000-3,000 men under Skanderbeg’s command.
00:01 Intro
01:01 #berat en.wikipedia.o...
04:54 #museum Muzeu Kombëtar Ikonografik Onufri
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Muzeu Kombëtar Ikonografik Onufri
07:11 Berat #view
08:30 #lunch
09:01 Luxury Hotel & Spa in Tirana - Xheko Imperial
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Luxury Hotel & Spa in Tirana - Xheko Imperial
09:58 #tirana #city #walkaround
10:47 #views along the street
11:43 Kruja Bazaar - Into Albania
13:52 Castle of Kruja - OriginAL
Castle of Kruja
19:12 #sweets
19:27 great photography
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