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Korce

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Dardhe

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Voskopoje

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Korce  

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French cemetery

French cemetery, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  Albania has been a main battlefield during the first war between France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Korcë has a French cemetery with the graves of 640... 

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Rugs knitted in Korcë

Rugs knitted in Korcë, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  Korcë has long been well known for its rugs and carpets. When we were in Korcë in 1988, we were lucky to visit a carpet workshop. Our guide had a hard time... 

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Out of Korc?, 1988 forbidden photo

Out of Korc?, 1988 forbidden photo, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  Our guide had warned us that we should not take any photography of anything military. Close to Korc?, he told us that this was the Albanian Air Army. I feel... 

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Out of Korcë, boar farm

Out of Korcë, boar farm, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  On our way back to Korcë, we visited a boar farm. They had a few boars that they raised. The photo shows a huge female that had half a dozen of a few month old... 

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Out of Korcë, with lumbermen

Out of Korcë, with lumbermen, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  While we drank at the spring, our Albanian guides had began to talk with the lumbermen who made big signs telling that we should come and have a raki with them.... 

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Out of Korc?, in the forest

Out of Korc?, in the forest, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  After we had walked for maybe one hour, we arrived in a clearing where we found five guys, lumbermen, is seemed, at rest. They were smoking, drinking raki and... 

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Out of Korcë, in the mountain

Out of Korcë, in the mountain, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  Though our group was only 10, besides our French courier, we had a very nice French speaking Albanian guide and a second guide, an Albanian engineer in forestry... 

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Out of Korcë, deers in the forest

Out of Korcë, deers in the forest, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  Obviously, our guide in second, the engineer in forestry, knew well the spot and he lead us to a place where we should see deers. We stayed quiet for less than... 

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Korcë, a grocery

Korcë, a grocery, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  This photo shows a grocery. If you enlarge the picture, you will see that the window has bottles of wine (all of the same state brand), cans of jam (all of the... 

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Korcë, Jewish remains

Korcë, Jewish remains, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  A little further, I reached a square that was being repaved (first photo). I spotted a six branches star carved on top of the entrance of one of the houses... 

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Korcë, Greek architect

Korcë, Greek architect, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  The Greek influence in Korcë is obvious. Greece has occupied the city on several occasions in the past and a part of the population is Greek speaking. When... 

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Korcë, the "Morava kinema" in 1988

Korcë, the "Morava kinema" in 1988, Rrethi i Korces

 JLBG Says:  I do not know if the Morava cinema, standing in the city center still exists but in 1988 it had a strange 1920 look. It had of course on top the traditional... 

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