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Beachfront Bliss Apartment

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This stunning apartment located in the heart of Vlore! Nestled between the vibrant city center and the picturesque lungomare, this 1+1 apartment offers the best. Enjoying easy access to trendy cafes, shops, and cultural hotspots. With modern amenities this apartment is perfect for your vacations.

Lions Gate Apartments 2+1

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Lions Gate Apartments

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Brataj Bridge

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The Bratai Bridge is built on the Shushica River, in its ‘Upper’ valley. It is a three-vaulted stone bridge with a flat head.
In the center, there is a large arch, and on either side there are two smaller arches, supported by the monolithic mass of the rock. The arches are built with double arches, where the upper one protrudes slightly in the form of a dentition. It is the largest bridge of the Ottoman period in the course of the river Shushica, about 50 m long, 4 m wide and reaches up to 12 m in height. Its monumentality lies in the harmonization of the architectural elements with the landscape and the rocky terrain on which it is built.

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Archeological Park of Amantia

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The ruins of the ancient city of Amantia are located on the ridge and the outskirts of the hill, where the village of Ploca is located. The maximum height of the hill reaches 613 m above sea level. This city is first mentioned in ancient sources, in the middle of the 4th century B.C. The Amantes people were invited by Delphis people to take part in the Pythian competitions in the years 220-189 BC, along with other important centers of Southern Illyria and Epirus. The city experienced an economic and cultural flourishing during the Hellenistic period, and in 230 BC they had already their currency. During Roman rule, at the time of the civil wars between Caesar and Pompey, the Amantes supported Caesar. It is mentioned in late antiquity as the center of an episcopate. The ruins of a paleochristian basilica date back to this period. Amantia is on the list of refortified centers by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (527-565). Its political-administrative organization is similar to that of the colonial cities of Apollonia and Epidamn-Dyrrakion. The main magistrate was the prytaneus. There was also a city council or Bule and a council secretary. The city had a group of people who took care of organizing sports games. Amantia was also the administrative center of the Amanti community stretched between the Vosa and Shushica rivers, which included fortified centers such as Kanina, Triporti, Cerja, Armeni, Matohasanaj, Hadèraj and Olympe in Mavrova.

Archeological Museum, Saranda

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It is located in the former Saranda Post Office building. It was reopened and renovated in 2008. Inside it is a “Dolphin Mosaic” floor. On its walls are displayed several stands with views and artifacts from the monuments and archaeological sites of the Saranda district. The mosaic is identified as the “Dolphin Mosaic” because of the dolphin figure that appears on one of its panels. There are two epigraphy in the mosaic, one of which mentions the name of the presbyter who paid for the work done on the mosaic.
Given this fact, it is thought to be a sanctuary of late antiquity or a private residence with a sanctuary integrated into it.

Mosque of Gjin Aleksi

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Mosque of Gjin Aleksi is a century-old building complex of XVII century, located in Rusan village of Delvina. The complex consists of a mosque surrounded by 4 polygonal shrines and the mosque’s roof. The mosque is a monument of special value in its gender. Two polygon shrines are placed in front of the mosque porch, a third shrine is attached to the south wall, and a fourth shrine is behind the mosque. Part of this complex on the east side is an early spring.
The main volume of the Mosque consists of a porch, a prayer room and a minaret. The prayer room represents an 8x8m square, the cubic volume of which is covered with spherical brick domes. The cubic part of the 8th Hall Aleksey Mosque is highlighted through a frame, on which stands the high eight-sided drum. After entering the hall, one can see mafili resting on wooden arcades and traces of wooden flooring.
Next to the entrance to the south-east front is the mihrab, treated as nike. Three-row windows, arched, are on the walls of the main hall. In today’s condition, the interior of the hall has few wall paintings and Arabic epigraphy. The porch is rectangular in shape and partitioned in the middle with an alley leading to the main porch of the prayer room, the ceiling is made up of a dome system while the enclosure is made of stone arches supported by 10 pillars.

The Ruins of the Monastery of 40 Saints

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The ruins of the Monastery of 40 Saints, named after the city of Saranda, lie to its east, in the most dominant part Hill, and are considered one of the most unique monuments of architecture. Italian archaeologist Luigi Maria Ugolini, who studied it in the mid-1920s, says the church was probably one of the best, if not the most beautiful, it had seen in Albania.
The Basilica was built in late antiquity as a pilgrimage center dedicated to the cult of 40 Saints for Christian believers from various Balkan and Adriatic coasts. It served as a monastery and there were other auxiliary facilities for the reception of pilgrims, which began to be abandoned over time, but the church itself continued to be used until the middle of the century. XIX from a small community of monks.
After this time it was abandoned and gradually began to collapse, but its walls were standing until the 1940s, when they were toppled by World War Il bombing. The church is a large Heptakonka (Seven Conchs), about 43 m long and 23 m wide, which ends on the east side with a semicircular apse.

Monastery of Saint George

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of the hill above the ruins of the ancient wall was built the monastery of St. George. The monastery belongs to the fortified monasteries, with walls fitted with towers and Turrets. In addition to the living and auxiliary facilities, in
of Saint George is located on the hill of the center of the monastery is the church of St. George, Dema, which rises on the narrowest strip which is a century-old reconstruction. XIX. The church has of land and shares the lonian Sea with a long narthex that leads to the naos, on which a dome Butrint Lake. The entire surface of the hill rises, while on the east it is bordered by a wall icon that in the ancient period was crossed by a separates it from the altar. The interior walls of the church powerful antique wall, dividing the Ksamil are decorated with wall paintings, with three levels of peninsula. In the century. XV, at the top painting overlapping one another.