South ALBANIAN FOOD in BERAT CASTLE!! Exploring UNESCO Houses | Berat, Albania

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My incredible seventh day in Albania continued in the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage town of Berat! Join me as I explore an old Ottoman village and lots of other local attractions!
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My boy Erjan from Travel Media EU and I started our afternoon adventure on Gorica Bridge, which spans the Osum River. Across the bridge is the Ottoman village, which is said to have a thousand windows!
On the left bank of the Osum River is Gorica, where you’ll find lots of historical homes and buildings. Walking along the stone houses was like stepping back in time to the 18th century! It had a gorgeous Ottoman/Mediterranean feel and reminded me of Cannakale, Turkey.
Because Berat is a UNESCO site, when home renovations occur, they must be in the same style as before. Next, I saw an old home with a gate that was falling apart, and the 19th-century Church of Saint Spiridon. This side of the city is less touristy than the other, but it was really beautiful and authentic.
Across the river was the Mangalem area, which lies at the foot of the castle hill. It was really pretty, but I could see more restaurants and hotels there. There, we saw the 16th-century Bachelor’s Mosque, which was under construction. Along the street were restaurants, hotels, and souvenir shops, including the Unique Art shop, which sells beautiful wood carvings of sites around the city. I bought one for €65!
Next, we headed to the Berat National Ethnographic Museum, which is located in a 400-year-old traditional house. It shows the way the house was used, and displays clothing, head pieces, pottery, textiles, and more.
Next, we drove up to Berat Castle in the Kalaja area, which is located on the castle hill. The castle is over 2,400 years old and dates back to Illyrian times.
The castle is unique because it’s a living castle, so people still live there! It’s full of restaurants, souvenir shops, and stone houses. There’s also a small church.
Then, we stopped by Restorant Onufri for lunch on their terrace! We started with rakija and then got several dishes: stuffed cabbage; okra; fërgesë with red peppers, green peppers, tomatoes, and feta cheese; beans; salad with cucumber, tomatoes, onions, and feta; eggplant; moussaka; cannellonis; byrek; and chicken with rice!
The beans were moist yet crunchy and full of thyme. Next was the fresh and juicy eggplant, and the okra, which contained thyme, tomato sauce, and oil! Next was the flaky byrek, which contained a nice, fluffy cheese. The stuffed cabbage was stuffed with rice and tomatoes! Then, I had more strong rakija!
The cannellonis had minced meat, tomatoes, and cheese on top. Next was the moussaka, which contained meat, potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplant. I loved the crispiness on the bottom! The fërgesë was oily and full of pepper flavor. The chicken and salad were also great, but the eggplant really blew me away!
After lunch, we headed to Muzeu Onufri, which is dedicated to Onufri, a famous 17th-century painter. It used to be an 18th-century church. Outside in the courtyard are beautiful preserved frescoes from 1797, but I couldn’t film inside the museum.
Then, we went to the walls atop the hill, where you get incredible views over Berat, and the watchtower where we got stunning views of the entire area. I could see the city, the river, the old town, the bridges, and the mountains. This was one of my favorite places in Albania so far!
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[@Davidsbeenhere]

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[@and11199]

Do yourself and the rest of us a favor and get rid of "Ottoman" from the title. We were occupied by the Ottomans for 500 years if you didn't already know.

[@xhinotola1283]

Hi 👋🏼 thank you for the good promotion of albania. Where Berat was built as a city the ottomans were still in Mongolia. And the halls are not called Greek but village halls. Not gliko but e embel. Not only Berat but mainly all Albanian cities are over 2500 years old. ✌🏻

[@tomasdimatteo6520]

Love absolutely love your content. Not trying to be a bug here, but we “Albanians” are very patriotic and when you call Berat build from Ottoman Empire is like a slap in the face to us. Please please remove ottoman from title since our city was build many many years before that. Berat is 2400+ years old. Thanks David and cheers from Boston!!!

[@eraldlekaj2265]

PLEASE REMOVE THE WORD OTTOMAN FROM THE TITLE AND APOLOGISE FOR FAKE I INFORMATION

[@imerhida4553]

Thanks fore shearing this video to telling the truth off Albania 🇦🇱 😊

[@illyriaillyria7950]

The city of "one on one windows" Berat 2400 years old🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@marsi4409]

The city of 1001 windows.

[@illyriaillyria7950]

@@marsi4409 It is also called 1 on 1 windows. Read on google. Because windows are like that

[@thegoat-cl5on]

Go to istogu

[@albanian-colombiangirl3098]

Durrah is older❤️

[@miritoska6955]

@@marsi4409 is the city of nji mbi nji dritare no 1001 window, the windows are more then 1001, so it is 1over1 window, both words sound similar that's y this confusion happened all the time

[@glen80elezi46]

David, city is 2400 year old. One of the most vicious battles against the ottomans was in that castle. So the city was not founded by the ottomans. Love your videos.

[@eddykent3984]

@wisdom of God janë analfabeta me bisht! Keshtu ndodh kur nuk ka shtete qe te kontrolloj kush ben guiden turistike 👎

[@glen80elezi46]

@@eddykent3984 po pse edhe per pronarin injorant te restorantit e ka fajin shteti? Leri shtetit fajet qe ka(dhe i ka me shumic) dhe mos i vish gjera qe skan lidhje.

[@eddykent3984]

@@glen80elezi46 Ke shume te drejte, ne kemi qene gjithmone te shtypur dhe analfabet, rrjedhimisht kemi kompleksin e inferioritetit ndaj te huajve, ( i referohem fqinjeve) PS: Sklleverit ne Amerike e fituan lirine, kur u ndergjegjesuan se ishin te barabarte me njerezit e tjere.

[@glen80elezi46]

@@eddykent3984 kemi dhe nje sindrom shune negative. Shikojm nga shteti edhe per gjera qe shtetet ne asnje vend te botes nuk garantojn.po ashtu dhe fahesojm shtetin dhe per gjera te cilat ai as ka kontroll as ka mundesi te ndryshoj. Turizmin ne shqiperi do ta bejn privatet nese do behet. Nga shteti kerkohet vetem rruge dhe info infrastructure dhe marketing..kaq. Do behet me pronarin e mrizit te zabave jo me mihal kokdhimat apo me kocot.

[@erjantheguide]

@wisdom of God po pse ofendon m shok, shife videon mir, arkitektura esht me influenc otomane, si qytet esht nisur nga Iliret. E kam permend, dhe mos ofendo ,mos e trego edukaten ktu

[@albam1060]

O Koço mos I fol o Koço 🤣🤣🤣 Almost 1 am and can’t stop laughing . Definitely the highlight of my day 🤣🤣

[@apekshyapandey6430]

I've been to this restaurant. The owner and his family are really sweet! I miss every bit of Albania. This video brought back memories, thank you!

[@JayandSarah]

I have ate there as well. Great memories.

[@REAgentDennis]

Amazing video series. Albania is now on my travel destination list. Thanks for sharing David. Peace from USA 🇺🇸

[@s.obilic8830]

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[@VagabondiOfficialTV]

City of Berat is known for having 1000 Windows but is also known for being there for more than 3000 years ..1000% pure Albanian City like the rest of the country.. Albania is by definition BEAUTIFUL ❤️🇦🇱❤️

[@Erna006]

Ahaaaaaa ah oj shqipni oj nana jeme..qka po pres te shir me hanger ne ket vend te bukur te ky restorant leeeeeeezet 👍

[@intentionalliving7326]

🥳

[@hansingjuan9394]

Albania is awesome. And the food, my mouth keeps salivating when I watch you eat.!!😁😁😁

[@liljanasufaj1643]

Albania is still not globalised and everything is raw, unique and " local ". The food is all organic, because we are not in EU so we are not exporting food over there( not allowed), so we eat our organic food for ourselves.😄😄😄 Edit: No McDonald's there yet...

[@BiPolarBear128]

I definitely believe that David is way smarter than people realize , he picks up new languages so easy and speaks multiple languages ..impressed

[@viola0471]

Ottomans have not founded Berat!! Please, change that title. Otherwise, great video 😅

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Fixed!!!

[@viola0471]

@@Davidsbeenhere Thank U!

[@amor8996]

Well this city founder was Ahmet Kurt Pasha. Do yes It's Ottoman.

[@gertenkelanas8990]

@@amor8996 berat codices have been found in berat and date back to the 6th century and are under UNESCO protection. . make me the connection now with what you say was founded by the Ottomans. . the real name is Antipatrea and was founded over 2400 years ago, And inhabited from that time until today that castle

[@fatg9165]

@@amor8996 Entwieder Sie haben keine Ahnung oder wollen Sie die Wahrheit einfach nicht akzeptieren ?

[@Han-sc6bh]

I love this series!

[@intentionalliving7326]

Berati 😍 Beautiful town and beautifully made video 👏🏻👏🏻🤩

[@ajinkyaaa]

Woo hoo...one more video...I ❤️ this series ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tony4uk]

What a character Koco. He kept commenting about his food being not good, picking on food and almost breaking David's knuckles

[@qyu...976]

OMG!! I love all cultures food around the world and just across ur video i subscribe👋🏼. Food are amazing and mouth watery😋😋

[@TonoyLetsgo]

wow.. Yammy....Love to see your vlog. Keep inspiring us to make awesome video. ❤❤

[@JL-gm2jy]

Thank you for visiting and showing are beautiful Berat.

[@Owen4125678]

Finally 1st great stuff Davey boy 👊

[@aurelmishaxhi8411]

David thank you for this beautiful video. I was born in Berat. It's one of the most beautiful towns in the world. It's a unique town 2400 years old, protected by UNESCO. Famous for its incredible architecture for the castle and it's beautiful old bridge and hundreds of churches.

[@intentionalliving7326]

So beautiful 🤩

[@EatwithMohsin]

Now that's a Delicious 😋 Enjoy watching your Eating ❤️ *Love From Saudia* 💚💚💚🇸🇦

[@MiroslavMates]

you made post before you couldve managed to see the video in full just to have attention right? Good job promoting yourself ;)

[@thomsonthadathil8484]

Hello Mr. Mohsin, your videos are good, please do famous camel mandi video..

[@eduarddeda3219]

Thank you for promoting Albania

[@mariahoffmann5328]

great video!!

[@5thstrecordsllc700]

Your guide this time (he was also in the last video) is my favorite (along with T from Bhutan) I thought he was fantastic in your IG stories...and he’s great here too!! Looking forward to more clips 🙌😉

[@Luanxhungle]

The sity is not Ottoman , Berat sity is 2400 years old , sity is founded by Albanian peaple , or better to say , sity founded by Ilirian Tribes .

[@amor8996]

In the 18th century, Berat was one of the most important Albanian cities during the Ottoman period. In the early modern era the city was the capital of the Pashalik of Berat founded by Ahmet Kurt Pasha. Berat was incorporated in the Pashalik of Yanina after Ibrahim Pasha of Berat was defeated by Ali Pasha in 1809.

[@theduchess3]

@@amor8996 It was founded 2400 years ago by the Dessareti tribe under the name ofAntipatreia. Meanwhile during the Middle Ages it was known as Beligrati and it became one of the most important cities in Albania,economically and culturally. Ahmet Pasha did not found a city that was already founded, he created the Pashalik of Berat in the 1700s, which was kind of a short lived autonomous “Principality”.

[@leonorlopez7932]

Wow, i agree with you, David.. Favorite place to consider visiting in Albania 🇦🇱 country! Cheers 🍷🍷The food looks so Delicious 😋 and the way you desmostrate the food wowwww... great job! 👏 Greetings 🇺🇲

[@kevinmetkaj1277]

Thanks for being so interested in my city! I live in London and I was last there 3 months ago, sorry for getting attacked by us on one or two mistakes, love your videos man, carry on having fun, don’t stress about information too much!

[@intentionalliving7326]

Well put! 🤗

[@elizabeth16598ee]

one of my favorite countries. Love this town in Albania. Food History is really awesome ♥

[@vrakaj5114]

you are making me love my country even more...

[@eutricewarjri994]

Love to watch your videos from Shillong

[@aliaelmira888]

Amazing ❣

[@1komb1gjak2]

unique city, wonderful

[@dimphinapereira1502]

I've been here in Beautiful Berat in 2011🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱It's gorgeous just love this place

[@emilybh6255]

Now THIS looks like the tastiest food you've had yet in Albania!

[@airman4life626]

My birthplace. Very nice vlog!

[@metigame1450]

That’s 2500 years old city u walking into my friend

[@rajo8493]

So nice testy food every item Is seen in table

[@asmitabhuyan82]

As always delicious...love u david🤭❤ 🇮🇳

[@BiPolarBear128]

OMG all that food looked sooooo yummy ..what a feast , I had no albanian food was so exciting ...

[@li-knbsusanne9960]

I was in Albanien last month for a week and it was amazing to see so many beautiful thing... the food in every restaurant that I visited is soooo delicious.... they are very clean and pure people that I have met... I ate the beans in the video... my God, just very tasty.... hehe

[@serlongengti9288]

Wow nice 👍👍👍

[@dardanal6346]

David , Thanks , But is little misinformation about Berat. Berat is 2500 years old or more and Osman empire occupied our country in 14 century. The castles tell this.

[@LEO-MESSI3100]

Very nice and yummy video 😂. But it's very good food and nice place also . Keep it up bro ❤️

[@Enimo17]

Albania is more then underrated!!!

[@sayalitivalekar9335]

Love from India 🥰

[@ThatLadyBird]

Omg im drooling for that food.

[@thomsonthadathil8484]

Super, love from Kerala

[@karolikaroli6488]

CIAO Davide come fai a mangiare tutte quelle delizie e rimanere in forma...beato te😋😘👍

[@gentjanah]

Yummm!!! 😍

[@imerhida4553]

Look amazing Thanks fore shearing this video 😊💪🇦🇱

[@readsz1712]

the house doors were not short in height to bow as greeting i think they were build like this because people at that time were much shorter than now

[@b.bsalihu5160]

Go David, 🇦🇱💪😂🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱✌️🇮🇹❤️🇦🇱❤️🇦🇱☕🍽️🥃🍷🍾

[@joannekarafili4441]

I have been to this castle over 20 years ago I lived in Albania in Berat. Food is amazing and it's non stop plate after plate ur never left hungry,the jams they make delicious, loved the okra dinners and fatsuille, all the food you tried bought back good memories. Thank you. X falemderies 👌👌.

[@glen80elezi46]

Whats Fatsuille? My mom is from that region, but i dont remember my fasule like those! Maybe in greece they do it like that. But not in albania

[@joannekarafili4441]

Haricot beans , maybe my spelling wrong but I'm definitely talking about beans lol.

[@glen80elezi46]

@@joannekarafili4441 again..those beans are not the way we make them in Albania..somewhere in Greece maybe.

[@joannekarafili4441]

@@glen80elezi46Excuse me but are you just bored or something , I don't give a flying f@#$ how u cooked ur effin beans , I know what I ate when I stayed there ok . So jog on an bore someone else with that's Greece that's Greece .ffs get a life 😂😂😂😂

[@chinmoytamuli8601]

Love from ASSAM

[@Ronaldogiri]

Albania 😍😍😎🔥

[@elial5742]

Il bello e' che in Albania loro parlano tante lingue...e' stupendo che loro riescono a parlare con tutti e non hanno bisogno di nessuno , e sono perte di tutto il mondo con la loro bravura ❤😎👍👍👍🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@gentjanlamaj6163]

Love your videos mate but Berat it's not an ottoman City, or founded by ottomans, it's ILLYRIAN Albanian city over 2000 years old, witch was captured by ottomans in 14 or 15 century, ottomans only build mosques in Berat and Albania to convert them to Muslims. Still today though Albanians are the only country in the world that do not care what religion you are, Muslim, Christians, Orthodox, Bektashian, Atheist, all the same no problem, because Albanian religion is Albania itself. Or as we say in Albanian, (FEJA E SHQIPTARIT ESHTE SHQIPTARIA) 🙏 🇦🇱

[@sm3675]

Lol. Albanians go to Church on Sunday, Mosque on Friday, but dont follow the teachings of either. Thats not good. Albanians should not adopt/keep the communist ideas. The whole world laughs at them.

[@eldrishpuza8512]

@@sm3675 who cares

[@hellno6617]

@@sm3675 well I hope y’all have a good laugh lmao

[@speeddemon8977]

that city was not found by ottomans Berat is 2500 yearsold were do you get this stupid informattion one of the bigest battlest took place in the castle the ottoman building are ust the mosques not the buildings

[@and11199]

Ottoman architecture is mainly derived from Byzantine architecture, so why don't you put in your title UNESCO Byzantine Houses instead of Ottoman? Or better yet, call them Albanian Houses!

[@artmuse9613]

Good to see so many veg dishes. Seemed almost like Indian dishes specially Okra and egg plant one. Bread was missing.

[@dimphinapereira1502]

Beautiful Berat

[@MelodyPleiades]

börek, dolma, karnı yarık, tavuk pilav, zeytinyağlı bamya, zeytinyağlı fasülye, peynirli domates salatası :D but I eat the peppers with yogurt. .. missing: hoşaf ... where is dessert... ^-^

[@redionfier]

That guy is giving you wrong information. The city wasn't found from the ottoman empire. Check the history mate

[@rasileb]

There is a misconception even in Albanian. The saying is "një mbi një" not "një mijë e një", meaning it is "one on top of the other" not 1001. It is because the city is built on a hill, and windows of each house "sit" on top of the house below.

[@marsi4409]

No no you're wrong. Berat is called in different ways; city of 1001 windows because there are many many windows in every house,or city of one above one windows because of the construction of the houses and Berat the white city because all the houses are painted in white(gelqere ).

[@FoodGearOfficial]

Who Loves Davidsbennhere? 👇😋😍💖

[@qanieking192]

Welcome in Berat🇦🇱 Devid 😊

[@90hitjhankarsong57]

Nice video 👌😄 from india.

[@JC-ce8uw]

Any advice on how to navigate the bus system?

[@jamietanes2982]

Proud American Albanian here

[@MrTush25]

Erjan telling Koço to not talk to you too much 😂😂😂

[@MiroslavMates]

Isn't it stuffed pepper, not cabbage?

[@finalbmotion]

It's a lot of mistakes on this video

[@mrnormal7554]

After the scene of covid, come back to India David. Hope to see you soon eating Indian food again. 💚 From Assam.

[@cg4721]

What's the place called where u had all the food in the thumbnail?

[@yunagaming28]

Those beans are huge!!!

[@TheDirty69harry]

They also yummy 😋

[@illyrusemperor9278]

The owner of that restaurant was so drunk 😂

[@Geri_vids]

Lovee from my city 🇦🇱🇦🇱🏰

[@satishapnabazar1418]

@ 4:21 It looks more like the timings of the church rather than 17th to 19th century

[@tommy.gunner]

*That chicken could take on Mike Tyson that's how tough it looked 😐 **18:39*

[@binilodit8178]

Rakija would disintegrate that chicken faster than u think

[@sejdiniripairtools537]

Not is market kitchen

[@FelixArdLykke]

Hahahaha Where is the Rakija 😂😂😂🏆🙏 what a king you are. You seem to enjoy your trip dude 👑

[@asdreniherrmann5333]

Im soo proud to have albanian blood in mee

[@megg8566]

Berat was not founded in the 15th century but it is found over 2200 years ago and the original name was Antipatrea. Another misunderstanding and it is getting lost in translation is that Berat keeps being called "the city of a thousand windows". In reality the saying is " the city is the overlapping windows". The misinterpretation comes due to the language itself. In Berat we say "the City of one-over-one windows,due to the fact that from far they look like homes stacked on top of each other. The word" one thousand(nje mije) " in Albanian sounds similar to" one-over-one(nje mbi nje) "

[@sanatan_108Mahadev]

DAVID : IT'S ALBANIA ME : IT'S FOOD - MANIA 🍲😋

[@Maria-qy8ce]

The food part starts at 14.02. You're welcome!

[@mendjelire8392]

LORENC is the same name as LAWRENCE and it is pronounced the same in Albanian as in English. Not LOREK.

[@valentinakrasniqi4289]

Shqipri ist soooo schön oo got ich liebe wenn ich Ferien gehe einfach schön 🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭❤❤❤❤❤👌👌👌👌

[@benilaku3050]

Koço ooo Koço do vish nga fusha 🤣🤣🤣👌👌

[@emincivuli8032]

Koco had five shots of Raki before David arrived, and he was acting like he had a lot of shots of Raki beforehand. lol

[@mikhilmgeorge9559]

Love from kerala

[@soniaaguilera8970]

♥️🇨🇱

[@valiaalia6161]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@amor8996]

I request to David plz ignore those misinformation. This city founded by Ottoman. In the 18th century, Berat was one of the most important Albanian cities during the Ottoman period. In the early modern era the city was the capital of the Pashalik of Berat founded by Ahmet Kurt Pasha. Berat was incorporated in the Pashalik of Yanina after Ibrahim Pasha of Berat was defeated by Ali Pasha in 1809.

[@albanialbania7068]

Read a little history of the city of Berat. The Ottoman conquest was only part of the history of this ancient city. We Albanians know our history, learn a little since you are talking about us here. -The earliest recorded inhabitants of the city (6th century BC) were the ancient Illyrian tribe of the Dassaretii or the northernmost subgroup of the Chaonians, the Dassaretae or Dexaroi. The region was known as Dessaretis after them.[7][8] Modern Berat occupies the site of Antipatreia (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιπάτρεια), which originally was a settlement of the Dexaroi[9] and later a Macedonian stronghold in southern Illyria.[7][10] The founding date is unknown, although if Cassander is the founder it has been suggested that Antipatreia was founded after he took control of the region around 314 BC.[10] In 200 BC it was captured by the Roman legatus Lucius Apustius, who razed the walls and massacred the male population of the city.[11][12] The town became part of the unstable frontier of the Byzantine Empire following the fall of the western Roman Empire and, along with much of the rest of the Balkan peninsula, it suffered from repeated invasions by Slavs. During the Roman and early Byzantine period, the city was known as Pulcheriopolis. The First Bulgarian Empire under Presian I captured the town in the 9th century, and the city received the Slavic name Bel[i]grad ("White City"), Belegrada (Βελέγραδα) in Greek, which persisted throughout the medieval period, changing to Berat under Ottoman rule. The town became one of the most important towns in the Bulgarian region Kutmichevitsa. The Bulgarian governor Elemag surrendered the city to the emperor Basil II in 1018, and the city remained in Byzantine hands until the Second Bulgarian Empire retook the city in 1203 during the rule of Kaloyan. During the 13th century, it fell to Michael I Ducas, the ruler of the Despotate of Epirus. The entrance of the citadel, with the 13th century Byzantine Holy Trinity Church Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos sent letters to the Albanian leaders of Berat and Durrës in 1272 asking them to abandon their alliance with Charles I of Naples, leader of the Kingdom of Albania, who had captured and incorporated it at the same period in the Kingdom of Albania.[13][14][15] However, they sent the letters to Charles as a sign of their loyalty.[16] In 1274 Michael VIII recaptured Berat and after being joined by Albanians who supported the Byzantine Empire, marched unsuccessfully against the Angevin capital of Durrës.[17] In 1280-1281 the Sicilian forces under Hugh the Red of Sully laid siege to Berat. In March 1281 a relief force from Constantinople under the command of Michael Tarchaneiotes was able to drive off the besieging Sicilian army.[18] Later in the 13th century Berat again fell under the control of the Byzantine Empire. The fortress of Tomorr in the early 14th century is attested as Timoro(n) under Byzantine control. In 1337, the Albanian tribes which lived in the areas of Belegrita (the region of Mt. Tomorr near Berat) and Kanina rose in rebellion, and seized the fortress of Tomorr.[19][20][21] There is little detail about the rebellion in primary sources. John VI Kantakouzenos mentions that the Albanians in those areas rebelled despite the privileges which Andronikos III Palaiologos had given them a few years earlier.[20] These events marked the movement of these Albanian tribes into Epirus for the first time.[21] Andronikos led an army mainly composed of Turkish mercenaries, and defeated the Albanians, killing many and taking prisoners.[20] In 1345 (or maybe 1343) the town passed to the Serbian Empire.[22] After its dissolution in 1355 Berat came under suzerainty of its former governor, John Komnenos Asen (1345-1363), Alexander Komnenos Asen (1363-1372) and Zeta of Balša II (1372-1385). In 1385 Berat was captured by the Ottomans, before the Battle of Savra. According to some sources, the Ottomans probably remained in Berat for some time with intention to use it as foothold to capture Valona.[23] By 1396, the Albanian Muzaka family took over control of Berat which became the capital of the Principality of Berat.[24][25] In 1417 Berat became a part of the Ottoman Empire.[26] In 1455 Skanderbeg, a commander with an Albanian force of 14,000 and small number of Catalan soldiers unsuccessfully tried to capture Berat from an Ottoman force of 40,000.[27]

[@TeguhNugroho90]

So, when you're not holding the camera, Erjan is?

[@klodbeltoja6709]

Cfar Guide, e ndertuar nga otomanet thote, Kur berati ka 2400vjet, hajde hajde si è si te ulim veten.

[@mihirdey5168]

David😭😭😭😭😭that souvenir shop is so sos so so good i wish someone would buy me a souvenir from there as well even if i have to pay i just want one so badd...

[@tony4uk]

You can try to give the shop a call. They can post it to you

[@mihirdey5168]

gentjan hyseni can they even in india?

[@tony4uk]

I guese, as long as you pay. The postage

[@endrimisku5498]

I think the reason that the guy fist bumped you hard was because the guide kept telling him to leave you alone so he probably got the wrong impression. But he also seemed drunk haha.

[@rugbyzone5977]

Berat is not an ottoman village. It existed before the ottomans came to Albania. There is no any ottoman city in Albania because they have not founded one. There are ottoman influences in Albania, but it's wrong to call any city, an ottoman city.

[@GenosGlory]

Berat City is a couple of thousands years old city way before the Ottomans even won Constantinople “ Istanbul “ so forget about Ottoman influences in the city as appart from the Invasions itself only Albanian architecture.

[@vinodkumar-sv4hs]

what does david do with so much left over food i guess his team will partake the leftover food else, it is not good to waste food like that

[@soupatrasarkar1795]

👍

[@leporush333]

O Koço prit ore... Hahhaha