Durrës - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Durrës: Encyclopedia Ii - Durrës - History
Durrës - Greek foundation. The city was founded as Epidamnos in 627 BC by Greek colonists from Corinth and Corcyra (Corfu). Its geogra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adriatic Sea: Encyclopedia - Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea (Italian Mare Adriatico, German Adriatisches Meer or Adria, Croatian Jadransko more or Jadran) is an arm of the Mediterr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Via Egnatia: Encyclopedia - Via Egnatia
Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gnaeus Egnatius, proc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Of Wied: Encyclopedia - William Of Wied
William of Wied (26 March 1876–18 April 1945) reigned briefly as sovereign of Albania from February 21, 1914 to September 3, 1914. Outs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia - Albania
Albania is a Mediterranean country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia and Montenegro in the north, the Republic of Macedoni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia - Albanian Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Authocephalous Church of Albania has had a difficult time restablishing its life after the enforced atheism imposed in commu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second City: Encyclopedia Ii - Second City - United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, Birmingham has generally been considered the second city since around the First World War. More recently, many hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dalmatia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dalmatia - Middle Ages
History of Dalmatia - Medieval city-states and the country. Following the great Slavic migration into Illyria in the first half of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - History
Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era. The city was founded circa 315 BC by Alexander, the King of Macedon (Gr. Μακεδών), on or near th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - History
Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era. The city was founded circa 315 BC by Kasander, the King of Macedon (Gr. Μακεδών), on or near the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Government And Politics
Albania's first political parties emerged only after World War I. Even more than in other parts of the Balkans, political parties were ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ohrid: Encyclopedia Ii - Ohrid - History
The city was founded during classical antiquity with the name Lychnidos. It was located along the Via Egnatia, which connected the Adriat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - Albanians Under Ottoman Rule
The Ottoman sultan considered himself God's agent on earth, the leader of a religious--not a national--state whose purpose was to defend ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adriatic Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - Adriatic Sea - Name And Etymology
The name has existed since the antiquity; in Latin it was Mare Hadriaticum. In modern languages, it is Mare Adriatico in Italian, Deti Ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Ancient Illyria
Main article: Illyria The Illyrians were Indo-European tribesmen who appeared in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula about 1000 B.C....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Albania - Executive Branch
The head of state in Albania is the President of the Republic. The President is elected to a 5-year term by the Assembly of the Republic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Of Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Of Albanians - Ethnic Origin
The three chief candidates considered by historians are Illyrian, Dacian, or Thracian, though there were other groups in the ancient Balk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - History
Main articles: Illyria, Illyricum, Dalmatia, History of Albania. The earlier inhabitants were probably part of the pre-Indo-European popu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Kosovo: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Kosovo - Kosovo From Prehistory To 1455
Little is known about Kosovo before about the 11th century AD. The region was certainly inhabited in prehistoric times, it appears, by tw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Albania-related Articles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Albania-related Articles - List Of Unedited Articles
Note: Before editing these articles make sure that there are not any articles already on that subject with a different spelling (instead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Albania - Highways
The total length of Albania's roads had more than doubled in about three decades, and by the 1980s almost all of the country's remote mou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - History
Main articles: Illyria, Illyricum, Dalmatia, History of Albania. In the area that is today Albania, human activity has been present since...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vlorë: Encyclopedia Ii - Vlorë - History
Vlorë is one of the oldest cities of Albania. It was founded in the 6th century BC as a Greek colony named Aulōn, one of three such col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - History
Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era. The city was founded circa 315 BC by Kasander, the King of Macedon (Gr. Μακεδών), on or near the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionian Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionian Sea - Origin And Myth Of The Eponym Of The Ionian Sea
The eponym of the Ionian Sea (whose name was more often, particularly by Aeschylus, attributed to Io's voyage; previously the Ionian Gulf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Albania - Airports
Kukes airport is to open in early 2006. Making this the second civilian airport in Albania. Plans are on the table for an internation air...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Albania - Railways
Albania's standard-gauge rail lines linked Shkodër with Durrës, Tirana, Elbasan, Pogradec, Ballsh, and Vlorë. The country's only inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dalmatia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dalmatia - New Era
History of Dalmatia - Dalmatia in Napoleon's times. Later in 1797, in the treaty of Campo Formio, Napoleon gave Dalmatia to Austria in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - The Ottoman Conquest Of Albania
The Ottoman Turks expanded their empire from Anatolia to the Balkans in the 14th century. They crossed the Bosporus in 1352, and in 1389 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Of Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Of Albanians - Place Of Origin
The place where the Albanian language was formed is also under dispute, but analyses have indicated that it was in a mountainous region, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - Local Albanian Leaders In The Early Nineteenth Century
The weakening of Ottoman central authority and the timar system brought anarchy to the Albanian-populated lands. In the late 18th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Albania - Legislative Branch
The Assembly of the Republic of Albania (Kuvendi i Republikës së Shqipërisë) is the lawmaking body in Albania. There are 140 deputies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ohrid: Encyclopedia Ii - Ohrid - Buildings And Museums Selection
There is a legend supported by observations by Ottoman traveller from 15th century, Evlia Celebia that there were 365 chapels within the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vlorë: Encyclopedia Ii - Vlorë - Economy
Vlorë remains a major seaport and commercial centre, with a significant fishing and industrial sector. The surrounding region produces p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Transportation
Thessaloniki did not have a superhighway until the 1970s. Thessaloniki is accessed with GR-1/E75 for Athens, GR-4, GR-2, Via Egnatia/E90 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Festivals
The International Thessaloniki Film Festival has become the Balkans' primary showcase for the work of new and emerging filmmakers, as we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Communications
Thessaloniki - Radio. Laikos FM - 87.6 FM - http://www.laikos.fm Mylos 88.5 FM - 88.5 FM - http://www.88miso.gr Thessaloniki Radio Dee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Museums
Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites. Agia Paraskevi, Thessaloniki, archaic cemetery The Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki Monastery of Lat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Transportation
Thessaloniki did not have a superhighway until the 1970s. Thessaloniki is accessed with GR-1/E75 for Athens, GR-4, GR-2, Via Egnatia/E90 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Festivals
The International Thessaloniki Film Festival has become the Balkans' primary showcase for the work of new and emerging filmmakers, as we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Albania Most of the population is ethnically Albanian (95% according to the CIA World Factbook Feb 2005), t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Museums
Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites. Agia Paraskevi, Thessaloniki, archaic cemetery The Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki Monastery of Lat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Politics
Main article: Politics of Albania The head of state is the president, who is elected by the Kuvendi, or the Assembly of the Republic of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Economy
Main article: Economy of Albania Albania is one of Europe's most impoverished countries, with half of the economically-active population ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Communications
Thessaloniki - Radio. Laikos FM - 87.6 FM - http://www.laikos.fm Mylos 88.5 FM - 88.5 FM - http://www.88miso.gr Thessaloniki Radio Dee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Albania - Judicial Branch
The court system consists of a Constitutional Court, the Court of Cassation, appeals courts, and district courts. The Constitutional Cour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages
The fall of the Roman Empire and the age of great migrations brought radical changes to the Balkan Peninsula and the Illyrian people. Bar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Kosovo: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Kosovo - The 1990s
After the constitutional changes, the parliaments of all Yugoslavian republics and provinces, which until then had MPs only from the Comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Kosovo: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Kosovo - 20th Century
Following the First Balkan War of 1912, Kosovo was internationally recognised as a part of Serbia and Metohia as a part of Montenegro at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Kosovo: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Kosovo - Kosovo From 1455 To 1912
Teritorry of today's province was for centuries ruled by the Ottoman Empire. During this period, several administrative districts (known ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Kosovo: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Kosovo - War And Its Aftermath
See the article Kosovo War for a fuller treatment. The KLA launched a low-intensity guerrilla war characterised by regular bomb and gun a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Kosovo: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Kosovo - Kosovo From June 10 1999
The war ended on June 10, 1999 with the Serbian and Yugoslav governments signing the Kumanovo agreement which agreed to transfer governan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Communications
Thessaloniki - Radio. Laikos FM - 87.6 FM - http://www.laikos.fm Mylos 88.5 FM - 88.5 FM - http://www.88miso.gr Thessaloniki Radio Dee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Festivals
The International Thessaloniki Film Festival has become the Balkans' primary showcase for the work of new and emerging filmmakers, as we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Albania Most of the population is ethnically Albanian (95% according to the CIA World Factbook Feb 2005), t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Economy
Main article: Economy of Albania Albania is one of Europe's most impoverished countries, with half of the economically-active population ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adriatic Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - Adriatic Sea - Coasts And Islands
The west shore is generally low, merging, in the northwest, into the marshes and lagoons on either hand of the protruding delta of the ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adriatic Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - Adriatic Sea - Extent
The Adriatic extends northwest from 40° to 45° 45' N., with an extreme length of about 770 km (415 nm, 480 mi). It has a mean breadth o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adriatic Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - Adriatic Sea - Miscellaneous
The bora or bura (northeast wind), and the prevalence of sudden squalls from this quarter or the southeast, are dangers to navigation in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Politics
Main article: Politics of Albania The head of state is the president, who is elected by the Kuvendi, or the Assembly of the Republic of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Geography
Main article: Geography of Albania Albania consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, the highest mountain, Korab in the district ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Administrative Divisions
Main articles: Districts of Albania and Counties of Albania Albania is divided into 12 qark (county or prefecture), which are further div...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dalmatia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dalmatia - Old Ages
History of Dalmatia - Illyria and the Roman Empire. The history of Dalmatia began when the tribe from which the country derives its nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Transportation
Thessaloniki did not have a superhighway until the 1970s. Thessaloniki is accessed with GR-1/E75 for Athens, GR-4, GR-2, Via Egnatia/E90 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Birth Of Albanian Nationalism
Main article: National awakening and the birth of Albania By the 1870s, the Sublime Porte's reforms aimed at checking the Ottoman Empire'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Ottoman Rule
Main article: Albanian lands under Ottoman domination Ottoman supremacy in the Balkan region began in 1385 but was briefly interrupted in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - World War I And Its Effects On Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1919-1939) Albania achieved a degree of statehood after World War I, in part because of the diplomatic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - World War Ii And The Rise Of Communism 1941-44
Main article: Military history of Albania during World War II Between 1941 and 1944, communist partisans fought Italian and German occupa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Modern Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1989-present) Since 1992 Albania has been oriented towards the West. In 1995, Albania was accepted in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Communist Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1945-1989) Enver Hoxha and Mehmet Shehu emerged as the dominant figures in Albania after five years of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Roman Period
In the Illyrian Wars of 229 and 219 B.C., Rome overran the Illyrian settlements in the Neretva River valley. The Romans made new gains in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Origin Of The Albanians
Main article: Origin of Albanians A number of scholars consider that the Albanians are direct descendants of an Illyrian tribe that was n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Albania's Re-emergence After World War I
Albania's political confusion continued in the wake of World War I. The country lacked a single recognized government, and Albanians fear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second City: Encyclopedia Ii - Second City - United States
In the United States, the term is a nickname for Chicago, because for most of its history was second both in population and in cultural i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Social And Economic Conditions
Extraordinarily undeveloped, the Albania that emerged after World War I was home to something less than a million people divided into thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian Penetration
In return for aiding Zogu's invasion, Belgrade expected repayment in the form of territory and influence in Tiranë. It is certain that Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian Occupation
As Germany annexed Austria and moved against Czechoslovakia, Italy saw itself becoming a second-rate member of the Axis. The imminent bir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Zog's Kingdom
In 1928 Zogu secured the parliament's consent to its own dissolution. A new constituent assembly amended the constitution, making Albania...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaloniki - Museums
Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites. Agia Paraskevi, Thessaloniki, archaic cemetery The Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki Monastery of Lat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Durrës: Encyclopedia Ii - Durrës - Local Sights
Some important buildings in Durrës include the main library, the cultural center with the Aleksander Moisiu theater, the Estrada Theater...   » Read the article