Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Elbasan, Albania

Kostandin Nelko, known as Kostandin Kristoforidhi, was an Albanian translator and scholar. He is mostly known for having translated the New Testament into Albanian for the first time in the Gheg Albanian dialect in 1872. He also provided a translation in Tosk Albanian in 1879 thereby improving the 1823 tosk version of Vangjel Meksi. By providing translation in both dialects, he has the merit of founding the basis of the unification of both dialects into a national language.

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The "Skampa" Theatre is located in the city of Tirana. It was built in 1935 with the financing of The Bey Bicakchi As his gift to the city of Tirana. It was realized by architect Halit Narazani and represents the most important cultural object in the city of Tirana. It has a capacity of 292 seats. The acoustics of this theatre are one of the best in Albania and among the best in the Balkans.

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The Mosque of Hasan Balizade, today the Mosque of Time, was built after the Mosque of Naziresha. Scholars believe it was built in the early 17th century at the time when the Emperor had excelled as the chief Sedefqar Mehmet ae Bicakchiu.

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The Ethnographic Museum of Tirana is built in a characteristic house with a sardak belonging to the century. XVIII. It is a house that by the way of construction and architecture is special in its kind in the region of Tirana. On the compositional plane and in general in its functional-architectural conception, this apartment resembles many flats with the carcass we find in Berat, Kumanovo, Prizren and Saranda. The residence of this museum, was restored by the Institute of Cultural Monuments in 1983-1985 and in 1986 the premises of the house were adapted by turning into the Ethnographic Museum. Within this building, there are 800 rare objects. The museum contains the historical framework, craftsmanship, with about 80 types of crafts, clothing, type of characteristic citizen residence of Thesar with several premises.

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Elbasan Castle is a 15th-century fortress in the city of Elbasan, Albania.

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The King Mosque or Sultan Bayezid Mosque is a historical Ottoman-era mosque within the Ottoman Elbasan Castle in the town of Elbasan, Albania.

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