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Popular Things To Do | Miscellaneous Things To Do Tips | All Tips (55) As the castle is the highest point of the town, it offers fantastic views over the city itself and also the Drinos valley. It's quite a climb upto it, with many steps and steep slopes, but well worth it in my opinion. You enter through a large door and then wind your way through lots of dark tunnels filled with cannon and some tanks (as the fortress is also the Museum of Armaments) before finding yourself in the courtyard; where an American spy plane which was shot down in the 1950's is proudly displayed. Directions: You can't miss it!
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Sheshi Ēerēiz Topulli, though named a square (Sheshi) is actually a widened street at the entrance of the Bazar (Qafa e pazarit). It offers an interesting view on Varosh district, on the other side of a ravine. The town Hall and Prefecture stand on one side of the square. The monument shown on the photo says : Nderi I Qyteti, E. Ēabej, M. Kokalari, I. Kadare,* which means : Homage to our fellow citizens E. Ēabej, M. Kokalari, I. Kadare Eqrem Ēabej (1908-1980) studied his entire life the Albanian culture, its development and its evolution. He is a reference for Albanology. His name has been given to Gjirokastra university. Musine Kokalari (1917-1983) was born in Turkey from a Gjirokastrian family and came back to Gjirokastra at the age of 3. She was the first female Albanian writer. Ismail Kadare, born in 1936 in Gjirokastra and still alive is by far the best known abroad. He studied literature at the Faculty of History and Philology, University of Tirana and later at the university of Moscow. Back home, he wrote his first novel in 1963. Since 1990, he split his life between Paris and Tirana. His novels, poems and short stories have been translated and published in more than forty languages. He is considered as one of the top living writers in the world. He has been nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature but has not yet been awarded it. He has been awarded several literature prizes : in 1992, the "Prix mondial Cino Del Duca", in 2005, the first "Booker International Prize". His work comprises more than 30 books and takes its inspiration from the tormented history of his country. The most important are outlined. The title of his work are the following : (sorry, too long, I had to put i on next tip) Leave a Comment
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The first and the second photos (the second is a close up) were taken in 1988. I had been amazed by the strange modern monument that protruded over the roofs of the old city but I had been unable to found what it meant. In 2005, I did not notice it in the landscape and it was only once home, when looking more closely to the pictures I had shot that I discovered that it was still there but weathered, which explained that it did not catch my eye at first! However, that did not tell what it was celebrating! An Internet search gave a few clues but no certainty. I found on the site of Universiteti Egrem Ēabej, (University of Gjirokastėr) that it was named Obelisku, the obelisk, or better First school obelisk. What is this first school remains unclear for me as I found that the first Albanian school was founded in 1633 in Gjirokastra, and it was Greek by language and by culture. However, if this school was Greek by language, then can it be considered as the first Albanian school? The first school in Albanian was founded in Korcė at the end of the 19th. Anybody know anything else about it? Leave a Comment
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The titles of Ismael Kadare's work are the following : - Frymėzime djaloshare, 1954 - Qyteti Pa Reklama, 1959 (The City Without Advertisements) - Shekulli Im, 1961 (My Century) - Gjenerali i Ushtrisė sė Vdekur, 1963 (The General of the Dead Army) - Pėrse Mendohen Kėto Male, 1964 (Why These Mountains Brood) - Dasma, 1968 (The Wedding) - Motive me diel, 1968 - Kėshtjella, 1970 (The Castle) - Kronikė nė gur, 1971 (Chronicle in Stone) - Koha, 1976 - Dimri i Madh, 1977 (The Great Winter) - Ura Me Tri Harqe, 1978 (The Three-Arched Bridge) - Prilli i Thyer, 1980 (Broken April) - Gjakftohtėsia, 1980 - Dosja H, 1981 (The File on H) - Vepra Letrare, 1981-1989 (Literature works) - Koha e shkrimeve, 1986 - Koncert nė Fund tė Dimrit, 1988 (The Concert at the End of the Winter) - Pėrbindėshi, 1991 (The Monster) - Nga njė dhjetor nė tjetrin, 1991 (From one December to another) - Piramida, 1992 (The Pyramid) - Shqipėri, 1995 (Albania) - Dialog me Alain Bosquet, 1996 (A dialogue with Alain Bosquet) - Spiritus, 1996 (Spiritus) - Kushėriri i engjėjve, 1997 (The Angels' Cousin, essays) - Pallati i ėndrrave, 1996 (The Palace of Dreams) - Poezi, 1997 (poems) - Tri kėngė zie pėr Kosovėn, 1988 (Three Elegies for Kosovo) - Ikja e shtėrgut, 1999 - Qorrfermani, 1999 - Vjedhja e gjumit mbretėror, 1999 - Kohė Barbare [Nga Shqipėria nė Kosovė], 2000 (Barbarian times [From Albania to Kosovo]) - Lulet e ftohta tė marsit, 2000 (Spring Flower, Spring Frost) - Ra ky mort e u pamė, 2000 - Breznitė e Hankonatėve, 2000 - Bisedė pėrmes hekurash, 2000 - Elegji pėr Kosovėn, 2000 - Unaza nė kthetra, 2001 - Eskili, ky humbes i madh, 2001 - Jeta, loja dhe vdekja e Lul Mazrekut, 2002 (The Life, Game and Death of Lul Mazreku) - Pasardhėsi, 2003 (The Successor) - Ca pika shiu ranė mbi qelq, 2003 (Some rain-drops fell on the glass, selection of poems) - Identiteti european i shqiptarėve, 2006 (The European identity of Albanians) - Agamemnon's Daughter, 2007 - Hamleti, princi i vėshtirė, 2006 - The Heir, 2007 Leave a Comment
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