Behind the Trevi Fountain in Rome, you will see that Piazza Scanderbeg, the Albanian nationwide hero, who for a while lived within the palace that retains the identify. At this time they might have a good time the feats of unbelievable chief, who with a small military, managed to maintain in test the Ottoman forces who, whereas they conquered Constantinople and Europe within the Balkans, they may not be proper of a small Albanian military.
The outdated city of Kruje
A terrific and tragic story of Scanderberg is that he was betrayed by the Venetians, deluded by the Spanish kingdom of the Two Sicilies, was the promoter of Albanian resistance that, for some, had in European historical past the identical significance because the energy of the Spartans of Leonidas at Thermopylae.
Kruje is the birthplace of Skanderbeg
The fort of Kruje, Krujë in Albanian, was the final to fall into the fingers of the Ottomans, 10 years after the loss of life of George Castriota Scanderbeg. And there fell, not as a result of they took it by drive, however as a result of the besiegers having had surrendered assured to avoid wasting his life. All of them died, as a result of the Ottomans didn’t keep to the covenants. It was October the 15th , 1478.
Metropolis of Kruje
Kruje right now is a metropolis of Albania with somewhat greater than 13,000 inhabitants, perched on the rocks. The fort now homes a museum devoted to Giorgio Castriota. And though historians have been cautious, they did level out that it was properly price a go to.
Albania – Krujë – Fortress
Fort in Kruje Albania which doubles as a museum
Beside the doorway is one other museum, the ethnographic museum of Albania, accomplished with a reconstructed constructing of the Ottoman Empire. Together with the outdated Bazaar, and the slim streets that climb the fort I can say that it is going to be price your day visiting Krujë.
