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Elbasan's Castle

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Elbasan Castle, which used to be a fortification, is situated in the heart of the city. The 2000-year-old castle is a Roman fortification that was built around the beginning of the third century BC as a military fortification to house a legion and to maintain control of the Egnatia road, which at the time was a crucial thoroughfare for the Roman Empire.

The castle, together with the surrounding walls, shows the military importance of the city of Elbasan in the early Ottoman period. The southern wall testifies to the size and strength of the fortifications. Also, some of the materials from the Roman and Byzantine period that were used during the reconstruction by Mehmet II can be clearly seen in the foundations of the south-western tower. This castle had 26 towers, equidistant from each other, with a height of 9 m. The castles were destroyed during the barbarian wars in the fourth and fifth century AD, and it required the help of the Dardanian-born Byzantine emperor Justinian to rebuild the fortress on its previous foundations. Only the castle's southern gate remains as of today.  The castle was surrounded by a moat, which was filled by the diversion of the Zaranika stream. Inside this castle there are so many cultural monuments, as well as the intellectual potential of the national culture, that precisely where the culture of the mind was generated, the culture of architecture is also generated. Sinan Pasha's hammam, which is located within the walls of the castle, is very well preserved, it was built at the beginning of the XIX century.

  • The Clock Tower, which was built in 1899 with a height of 30 m, is today one of the famous monuments of this city, which every visitor faces.
  • The King Mosque is one of the earliest mosques in Albania, which dates back to 1492, built at the time of Sultan Bayazit II.
  • While the church was built in 1833 by Christian believers, on the foundations of an old church.
  • Sinan Pasha's hammam, which is located within the walls of the castle, is very well preserved, it was built at the beginning of the XIX century.

This mosaic of cultural monuments within the walls of the castle is complemented by characteristic old houses, some of which have the status of cultural monuments, while creating the castle quarter, together with other buildings. The castle of Elbasan with the other monuments that are inside it has turned into a tourist attraction attracting visitors from all over the world.

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