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Albania, on Southeastern Europe’s Balkan Peninsula, is a small country with Adriatic and Ionian coastlines and an interior crossed by the Albanian Alps. The country has many castles and archaeological sites. Capital Tirana centers on sprawling Skanderbeg Square, site of the National History Museum, with exhibits spanning antiquity to post-communism, and frescoed Et’hem Bey Mosque.
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Krujë - Albania

Krujë (definite Albanian form: Kruja, see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is only 20 km north from the capital of Albania, Tirana.

Krujë was inhabited by the ancient Illyrian tribe of the Albani. In 1190 Krujë became the capital of the first autonomous Albanian state in the middle ages, the Principality of Arbër. Later it was the capital of the Kingdom of Albania, while in the early 15th century Krujë was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, but then recaptured in 1443 by Skanderbeg, leader of the League of Lezhë, who successfully defended it against three Ottoman sieges until his death in 1468.

The Ottomans took control of the town after the fourth siege in 1478, and incorporated it in their territories. A 1906 local revolt against the Ottoman Empire was followed by the 1912 Declaration of Independence of Albania. In the mid-1910s Krujë was one of the battlefields of the conflict between the short-lived Republic of Central Albania, founded by Essad Toptani, and the Principality of Albania. In 1914 Toptani managed to seize the town but during the same year it was reincorporated by Prênk Bibë Doda in the Principality of Albania. During World War II it was the center of the activities of resistance leader Abaz Kupi.

The museums of Krujë include the Skanderbeg Museum, located in the environs of the Krujë Castle, and the national ethnographic museum.

Alley of the old market
From 1450 until 1477 Krujë was defended successfully by the Albanian troops four times against the Ottoman army, which eventually captured it in 1478 during the fourth Siege of the city. During the first siege of Krujë in 1450, the 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers of the League of Lezhë under Vrana Konti and Skanderbeg defeated an Ottoman force of about 100,000 men led by Sultan Murad II, who had tried to bribe Konti to surrender the castle of the town. In the following decade Krujë was first besieged in 1466 and then in 1467 unsuccessfully by Ballaban Pasha and Sultan Mehmed II, whose total troops were about 150,000. After Skanderbeg's death in 1468, the city's garrison was supplemented by troops of the Republic of Venice. In 1476 the town was once more besieged by a ten-thousand-man army under Gedik Ahmed Pasha; however, the local garrison led by proveditor Pietro Vetturi fended off the Ottoman besiegers, who retreated after the arrival of reinforcements under Francesco Contarini and Nikollë Dukagjini. The city was eventually conquered by the Ottomans in 1478 after being besieged for over a year. This success was viewed by the Ottomans as a good omen that the siege of Shkodra would also be successful.

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During the rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire Krujë became the battlefield of various anti-Ottoman rebellions also related with the imposition of new taxes. In 1906 the people of Krujë revolted once more against the Ottoman Empire. The Wāli of Shkodër, Sali Zeki Pasha sent four battalions of the Ottoman army stationed in the city against the rebels of Krujë.

The old bazaar and the mosque of Krujë
After prolonged confrontations the Ottoman officials offered to begin negotiations with the rebels. On 20 September 1906 the leaders of Krujë and the Ottoman diplomats met at the Tallajbe quarter of Krujë to discuss the administrative status of the town, however, the Ottoman army under Şemsi Pasha ambushed the rebel leaders. During the battle that followed, which became known in history after the Tallajbe district, about 30 people died including uninvolved civilians.

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KRUJË, ALBANIA
Krujë Castle
The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the Dragon of Albania.
When the powerful Ottoman empire was slowly taking over several parts of Europe during the 15th century, one small medieval castle in Albania remained out of its reach.
Krujë castle was built in the 5th or 6th century, perched above the city of the same name. At the time of the Ottoman threat, it was the headquarters of Gjergj Kastrioti, the “Dragon of Albania,” an Albanian nobleman and military commander. Kastrioti was sent as a hostage to the Ottoman court early in his life, and after leaving service, led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in Albania.

Under his command, the elliptical castle, defended by a small army usually no larger than 3,000 men, fought off multiple massive sieges from the Turks, beginning in 1444. Ottoman forces who conquered large areas like Constantinople and the Balkans could not break the castle’s defences.

Kastrioti’s military skills presented a major obstacle to Ottoman expansion into Western Europe. The Ottoman Turks gave him the name Iskender bey, meaning “Lord Alexander” or “Leader Alexander” (which has been translated as Skanderbeg in English), believed to be no less than a comparison to Alexander the Great.

The Albanian stronghold finally fell, ten years after the “dragon’s” death in 1468, and was taken over by the Ottoman ruler Sultan Mehmed II.

The castle now contains a museum dedicated to this legendary Albanian leader. The exhibits of have been arranged in a way that chronicles Skanderbeg’s life and military achievements, one of the proudest periods of Albanian history. An important display is the replica of the Arms of Skanderbeg: his famous goat head-topped helmet and sword.

In front of the museum are the remains of an Ottoman-era mosque and its minaret, Sultan Mehmed Fatih mosque, named after the man who finally broke down the castle’s security.

A traditional home in the castle complex, below the Skanderbeg Museum, houses the Ethnographic Museum. The museum is located in an original 19th century house that belonged to the wealthy Toptani family. It shows the level of self-sufficiency the household maintained by producing its own food, drink and household artifacts. The home’s luxury is well presented with the walls lined with frescoes, intricately carved woodwork, colourfully painted furniture and the house’s own mini Turkish bath (hammam).

On the road to leading up to the castle stands a section of a 450-year-old bazaar, that in its heyday, saw more than 150 merchants selling their goods to the castle’s visitors and residents. It now sells traditional crafts and antiques.

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Skanderbeg Castle in Kruja, Ablania

Kruja has a rich history in Albania with arguably the most famous being the Ottoman campaigns repulsed by Skanderbeg (Gjergi Kastrioti) and his men. This citadel/fortress became a symbol of national resistance and it wasn't until 1478 that the Ottomans succeeded in capturing the citadel.

The building known as the Gjergj Kastrioti Museum was built in 1982 and houses paintings, exhibits and memorabilia representing Skanderbeg's struggle against the Ottomans. Photographs and video aren't allowed in the museum once past the entrance.

The tour turned out to be more interesting than originally thought and ex-Marine and I actually stayed with the guide for most of the tour before fading out.

The Castle of Scanderbeg, Kruje,Albania By Armand Rroshi Photography

The national museum GJ. K. Scanderbeg has been inaugurated on 1 November 1982, build in Kruja castle on the left side of its entrance. The architect of the museum are Pranvera Hoxha and Pirro Vaso.

The museum is build in Kruja because it was the center of the Albanian epopee in XV century in the war against the ottoman and its name becomes known in all Europe. Three sieges (1450, 1466, 1467) failed and the ottoman conquered the castle only in year 1478.

The building characterizes a memorial. In the external architectural choice are distinguished two main parts, the outstretching horizontal part with the main big rooms and the part with vertical accent, regarded as the north Albanian towers. The internal spaces are designed un a way that the ambiences interweaved by creating an uninterrupted space as is even the history presented in this museum. History, architecture and art linked as one. There are used historic architectonic elements like the heavy pillars and stone arches. Art compositions, stone and wood engravings, wrought iron as well as maps, graphics, glass paintings have value of historic auxiliary material.
The Skanderbeg Museum is in Krujë, Albania. It honors Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405--1466), a national hero of Albania. The museum is located inside Krujë Castle and the restored bazaar. The citadel includes a restored house from the Ottoman era that is now the Ethnographic Museum.

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Our 2019 tour of Albania was amazing! This is the first episode in our series that takes us from our home base in the US, through some serious flight delays, and right into our tour with Choose Balkans. Come with us as we check out the towns of Shkodra and Kruje, Albania and Podgorica, Montenegro, and settle in at an amazing Agricultural farm and guesthouse for some amazing food!

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Kruje - miej­sco­wość po­ło­żo­na jest za­le­d­wie 30 km na pół­noc­ny wschód od Ti­ra­ny na wy­so­ko­ści 600 m n.p.m. u stóp góry Sa­ri­sal­l­ti­kut (Malit të Sa­ri­sal­l­ti­kut), na­le­żą­cej do gór Krujë.

Mia­sto za­sły­nę­ło w 1433 r., kiedy Skan­der­beg odbił je z rąk Tur­ków. Nazwa mia­sta po­cho­dzi od słowa krua, które ozna­cza źró­dło, a miesz­kań­cy mia­sta na­zy­wa­ją sie­bie kru­tonë lub kro­tonë.

Kruja była pierw­szą hi­sto­rycz­ną sto­li­cą kraju. Jej dzie­je się­ga­ją III w. p.n.e., kiedy to na jed­nym z oko­licz­nych wzgórz znaj­do­wa­ło się ili­ryj­skie mia­sto Zgërdhesh, na­zy­wa­ne rów­nież Al­ba­no­po­lis. W ko­lej­nych la­tach miesz­kań­cy prze­nie­śli swoją osadę wyżej, two­rząc dzi­siej­szą Kruję.

Pierw­sze wzmian­ki na temat mia­sta po­cho­dzą z IX w. Wiele in­for­ma­cji na jego temat od­na­le­zio­no w daw­nych bi­zan­tyń­skich do­ku­men­tach. W wie­kach XII–XIII Kruja była sie­dzi­bą władz kró­le­stwa Arbëria. W 1396 r. mia­sto zo­sta­ło pod­bi­te przez Im­pe­rium Osmań­skie.

Warto zobaczyć

Naj­słyn­niej­szym za­byt­kiem Krui jest cha­rak­te­ry­stycz­ny żółty zamek (Ka­la­ja e Krujës). Warto jed­nak dodać, że okreś­lenie za­by­tek jest tu mocno prze­sa­dzo­ne – więk­szość bu­dow­li to współczes­na re­kon­struk­cja, war­tość hi­sto­rycz­ną po­sia­da­ją tylko gó­ru­ją­ca nad kom­plek­sem wieża i nie­wiel­ka część murów.

Droga do zamku pro­wa­dzi przez bar­dzo cie­ka­wy drew­nia­ny tu­rec­ki bazar (Pa­za­ri i De­re­xhi­kut), pełen kra­mów z lo­kal­ny­mi pa­miąt­ka­mi. Bazar nie­gdyś roz­cią­gał się od cen­trum mia­sta do sa­me­go zamku i li­czył 150 skle­pów.

Obec­nie skła­da się tylko z ok. 30 sta­no­wisk, zgru­po­wa­nych wła­ści­wie przy jed­nej wą­skiej ulicz­ce. Han­dla­rze czę­sto za­cze­pia­ją prze­cho­dzą­cych tu­ry­stów (rów­nież w ję­zy­ku pol­skim), wdają się z nimi w dys­ku­sje na różne te­ma­ty, po czym za­pra­sza­ją do swo­je­go skle­pu.

Po­śród ofe­ro­wa­nych tu pa­mią­tek od­naj­dzie­my: ko­niak Skan­der­be­gu w ozdob­nych bu­tel­kach, po­piel­nicz­ki w kształ­cie bun­kra, różne ro­dza­je broni pal­nej i bia­łej, m.​in. sza­ble, flagi, ko­szul­ki z her­bem Skan­der­be­ga lub flagą Al­ba­nii, róż­no­ko­lo­ro­we dy­wa­ny, mo­ne­ty, książ­ki, bre­lo­ki, po­sąż­ki Skan­der­be­ga, mie­dzia­ne na­czy­nia oraz ta­le­rze z wi­ze­run­kiem zamku czy bo­ha­te­ra na­ro­do­we­go. Trze­ba pa­mię­tać, że na suku na­le­ży się tar­go­wać.

Skrę­ca­jąc w lewo, na po­cząt­ku ba­za­ru znaj­dzie­my ulicz­kę z ma­ły­mi ka­wiar­nia­mi i re­stau­ra­cja­mi. W wielu lo­ka­lach ob­słu­gu­ją kel­ne­rzy w stro­jach lu­do­wych. Bazar zo­stał od­re­stau­ro­wa­ny z oka­zji 500. rocz­ni­cy śmier­ci Skan­der­be­ga.

W zamku ma sie­dzi­bę Mu­zeum Skan­der­be­ga. Zgro­ma­dzo­no tu wiele za­byt­ków zwią­za­nych z hi­sto­rią re­gio­nu i z samym bo­ha­te­rem, m.​in.: ory­gi­nal­ne do­ku­men­ty i bi­blio­gra­fie, mapy, cie­ka­we re­pro­duk­cje przed­sta­wia­ją­ce życie ludzi w XV w., mo­zai­ki i ikony, ce­ra­mi­kę, dzwo­ny z okre­su an­ty­tu­rec­kie­go, po­są­gi oraz meble zwią­za­ne ze Skan­der­be­giem. Warto zwró­cić uwagę rów­nież na bi­blio­te­kę, wy­sta­wę po­świę­co­ną cza­som osmań­skim oraz po­wsta­niu an­ty­tu­rec­kie­mu.

Ko­lej­nym cie­ka­wym miej­scem jest Mu­zeum Et­no­gra­ficz­ne. Mu­zeum zo­sta­ło uzna­ne za jeden z naj­waż­niej­szych po­mni­ków kul­tu­ry w kraju. W za­le­d­wie kilku po­ko­jach ze­bra­no przed­mio­ty ob­ra­zu­ją­ce rze­mio­sło i wa­run­ki życia w Al­ba­nii na prze­strze­ni ostat­nich 300 lat. W ob­rę­bie murów twier­dzy znaj­du­je się rów­nież mały klasz­tor bek­ta­szy­tów.

The Castle of Scanderbeg by night, Kruje, Albania By Armand Rroshi Photography

The national museum GJ. K. Scanderbeg has been inaugurated on 1 November 1982, build in Kruja castle on the left side of its entrance. The architect of the museum are Pranvera Hoxha and Pirro Vaso.

The museum is build in Kruja because it was the center of the Albanian epopee in XV century in the war against the ottoman and its name becomes known in all Europe. Three sieges (1450, 1466, 1467) failed and the ottoman conquered the castle only in year 1478.

The building characterizes a memorial. In the external architectural choice are distinguished two main parts, the outstretching horizontal part with the main big rooms and the part with vertical accent, regarded as the north Albanian towers. The internal spaces are designed un a way that the ambiences interweaved by creating an uninterrupted space as is even the history presented in this museum. History, architecture and art linked as one. There are used historic architectonic elements like the heavy pillars and stone arches. Art compositions, stone and wood engravings, wrought iron as well as maps, graphics, glass paintings have value of historic auxiliary material.
The Skanderbeg Museum is in Krujë, Albania. It honors Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405--1466), a national hero of Albania. The museum is located inside Krujë Castle and the restored bazaar. The citadel includes a restored house from the Ottoman era that is now the Ethnographic Museum

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ALBANIA, EXPLORING the OLD BAZAAR of KRUJA (Krujë), what they sell ????

SUBSCRIBE!! - Let's walk through this beautiful and very traditional market (or, bazaar) located outside the city of Tirana (capital of Albania) in the historic town of Kruja (Krujë). Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. The Bazaar of Kruja has been protected since 1961 CE, preserving the rich characteristics of traditional Albanian markets of the 18th - 19th centuries CE. The market of Kruja covers a wide area, stretching from the center of the city to the western gate of the castle. The cobblestone street is lined with a variety of small shops displaying a range of products for sale, as well as artisans working in their studios.
Albania, on Southeastern Europe’s Balkan Peninsula, is a small country with Adriatic and Ionian coastlines and an interior crossed by the Albanian Alps. The country has many castles and archaeological sites. Capital Tirana centers on sprawling Skanderbeg Square, site of the National History Museum, with exhibits spanning antiquity to post-communism, and frescoed Et’hem Bey Mosque.
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