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Popular Things To Do | Other Things To Do Tips | All Tips (32) On the western side (sea side) of Llogara pass, a huge monument seems to be half abandoned and is not in good condition. At first sight, I felt that it should be from the Enver Hoxa era with warriors fighting for the country, etc, which would have explained its poor condition. However, on the southern end, the date “1920” shows that it is older and dates from the struggle for the independence of Albania (first photo).
The northern end of the monument (second photo) specify “ 1950 5 VI” (5th of June 1920).
This has obviously to do with the independence of Albania. After some research, I found that after the congress of Lushnjë (08/01/1920) and the formation of a new government established in Lushnjë but that soon moved to Tiranë, it took control of several zones of the country.
On February 21st, the Tiranë government took control of Durrës and the last territories controlled by the Durrës government.
On March 13th, the French returned Shkodër to Albania and on May 26 the eastern zones the occupied in Albania.
On May 29, a Committee for National Defence was built that required the return to Albania of the Vlorë region occupied by the Italian. “As Italy refused all concessions the committee started a revolt on jun 05”
Here we are !
5th of June 1920 was the beginning of the Albanian-Italian War!
Finally, on Aug 22nd, by the agreement of Tiranë, after their defeat in the battle of Vlorë the Italians agreed to withdraw all their forces from Albania. Leave a Comment
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The first photo shows on the left, in the background the village of Lukove, 20 kilometers north to Saranda. I feel that the dilapidated majestic entranceway was for the entrance for the headquarters of the estate. You can see on the far right a dilapidated, one level and roofless, large building.
It is better seen on the second photo. It is not large enough to house the "volunteers" while they worked on the terraces but it might have housed the headquarters and the kitchen while the "volunteers" were accommodated under tents.
This first sight corroborates the abandon of the Lukove terraces project. Leave a Comment
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About one kilometer down to Llogara pass, on its Northern side, this fountain flows freely with fresh mountain water for the travelers. I understand it is more useful for those that walk from Dukat, the first village below the pass, 5 km away. We saw several groups of youngsters that obviously made this walk. I am sure they were very glad to find the fountain. The fountain wall is a good spot for political advertising! Leave a Comment
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Amazingly hotel Dorian Hotel stands over the torrent that split Kondraq and Gjilek, at the bottom of a narrow valley and inside a tight road hair pin (photo 1, from the south) !
Photo 2 shows it from the north; On this photo, the situation of the hotel, inside a hair pin as clearly seen. Leave a Comment
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At one moment, we needed to have a rest and we stopped on the road side. We discovered that there were several donkeys grazing the thick grass. They seemed to roam freely but actually, they were tied by one of the rear leg and could not go any further! Leave a Comment
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Dhërmi is considered as one of the most beautiful villages in Albanian Riviera. It is built high over the sea on the slopes of the Cika mountain.
Dhërmi is made of three districts : Dhërmi/ Drimadhes in the south has given its name to the whole city. It is followed by Gjilek and finally, in the north, by Kondraq
As many houses are not inhabited yearlong because of an important emigration, its is better to know the number of houses. Dhërmi as about 300 houses, Gjilek and Kondraq, each 150, which makes 600 alltogether.
The first photo shows mainly Dhërmui district
The second shows mainly Gjilek district with Kondraq in the background. In the far background, the road to the Llogara pass. Leave a Comment
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Dhërmi is said to have 30 churches : Church of Santo Stefano and church of Santo Mitri from the XIIth and XIVth century. Santa Harallamb was, under Enver regime converted into a picture house of which it has kept rows of wooden seats.
On top of the village, Agios Maria Panaiotis (our Lady), orthodox church, displays medieval frescoes depicting the devil and that are a testimony of peoples’ art. It is also called devil’s church.
I cannot tell the name of this church, which is along the main road in Kondraq district and where numerous old women went on a Sunday morning. Leave a Comment
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Gjilek district overhangs the sea and is separated from Kondraq district by a deep and narrow valley that widen near the sea. The main road connects them in an upper part, where the torrent has not carved much its bed. This is where stands our hotel “Dorian Hotel Restorant Disko”. Leave a Comment
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How is the road? Most of the time between Saranda and Dhërmi, it is a dirt road. Most of the time it is not bad. Some parts are dilapidated but can be handled by any good, strong car, given that you drive slowly. A 4WD is not needed.
The road is most of the time narrow, almost single lane, and you will have to maneuver to cross the, gladly, few cars (or busses and trucks!) coming in front.
In some parts there are railings along the road but usually, there are none. If you take care this is not a real problem. Leave a Comment
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I felt that climbing a little more might give a better view on the church and on this part of the village. However, very soon, the path became wet, passed under a stone bridge and was obviously at the same time a path to go further (we met a group of children that went down) and the bed of a torrent that carried the (few) wastewaters from the upper part of the village. Leave a Comment
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on September 16, 2007
