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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Durrës | | | |  Durrës: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - TransportationThessaloniki did not have a superhighway until the 1970s. Thessaloniki is accessed with GR-1/E75 for Athens, GR-4, GR-2, Via Egnatia/E90 and GR-12/E85 for Serres and Sofia. In the 1970s, the superhighway reached Thessaloniki and was the last section of the GR-1 ever to be completed; another short section of the superhighway was also opened. In the 1980s, the 2-lane bypass of Thessaloniki began construction and was finally opened to traffic running from the west side up to the other side of Thessaloniki to its southeast approaching Thermi. In ...
See also:Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport Clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People, Thessaloniki - Bibliography Read more here: » Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - Transportation |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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's disintegration had clearly failed. The image of the "Turkish yoke" had become fixed in the nationalist mythologies and psyches of the empire's Balkan peoples, and their march toward independence quickened. The Albanians, because of the preponderance of Muslims link with Islam and their internal social divisions, were the last of the Balkan peoples to develop a national consciousness, which w ...
See also:History of Albania, History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians, History of Albania - Ancient Illyria, History of Albania - The Roman Period, History of Albania - The Coming of Christianity, History of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages, History of Albania - Ottoman Rule, History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism, History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania, History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44, History of Albania - Communist Albania, History of Albania - Modern Albania Read more here: » History of Albania: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 the 15th century, when Gjerg Kastrioti, an Albanian warrior known as Skanderbeg, allied with some Albanian chiefs and fought-off Turkish rule from 1443-1478. Upon the Ottomans' return, a large number of Albanians fled to Italy, Greece and Egypt and many of the Albanians who remained (about two-thirds of the Albanian population), converted to the Islamic faith. Many Albanians won fame and fort ...
See also:History of Albania, History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians, History of Albania - Ancient Illyria, History of Albania - The Roman Period, History of Albania - The Coming of Christianity, History of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages, History of Albania - Ottoman Rule, History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism, History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania, History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44, History of Albania - Communist Albania, History of Albania - Modern Albania Read more here: » History of Albania: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania - Ottoman Rule |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 intercession of the United States. The country suffered from a debilitating lack of economic and social development, however, and its first years of independence were fraught with political instability. Unable to survive in a predatory world without a foreign protector, Albania became the object of tensions between Italy and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, an ...
See also:History of Albania, History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians, History of Albania - Ancient Illyria, History of Albania - The Roman Period, History of Albania - The Coming of Christianity, History of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages, History of Albania - Ottoman Rule, History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism, History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania, History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44, History of Albania - Communist Albania, History of Albania - Modern Albania Read more here: » History of Albania: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 occupation forces as well as various pro-fascist Albanian groups. Being communist, they had no help from the west, and only ideological help from Russia. However, they were victorious in World War II and took over the country which became communist immediately after that.
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See also:History of Albania, History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians, History of Albania - Ancient Illyria, History of Albania - The Roman Period, History of Albania - The Coming of Christianity, History of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages, History of Albania - Ottoman Rule, History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism, History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania, History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44, History of Albania - Communist Albania, History of Albania - Modern Albania Read more here: » History of Albania: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44 |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 the Council of Europe and has requested membership in NATO. The workforce of Albania has continued to emigrate to Greece, Italy, Europe and North America. Corruption in the government is becoming more and more obvious. The political leadership has not fulfilled the peop ...
See also:History of Albania, History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians, History of Albania - Ancient Illyria, History of Albania - The Roman Period, History of Albania - The Coming of Christianity, History of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages, History of Albania - Ottoman Rule, History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism, History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania, History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44, History of Albania - Communist Albania, History of Albania - Modern Albania Read more here: » History of Albania: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania - Modern Albania |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 political turmoil following the end of World War II. They began to concentrate primarily on securing and maintaining their power base, and secondarily on preserving Albania's independence and reshaping the country according to the precepts of Stalinism. Throughout all rule, Hoxha engineered an elaborate cult of personality that elevated him to the status of infallible leader. When he died in 1985, g ...
See also:History of Albania, History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians, History of Albania - Ancient Illyria, History of Albania - The Roman Period, History of Albania - The Coming of Christianity, History of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages, History of Albania - Ottoman Rule, History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism, History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania, History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44, History of Albania - Communist Albania, History of Albania - Modern Albania Read more here: » History of Albania: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania - Communist Albania |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 168 B.C., and Roman forces captured Illyria's King Gentius at Shkodër, which they called Scodra, and brought him to Rome in 165 B.C. A century later, Julius Caesar and his rival Pompey fought their decisive battle near Durrës (Dyrrachium). Rome finally subjugated recalcitrant Illyrian tribes in the western Balkans dwing the region of Emperor Tiberius in A.D. 9. The Romans divided the lands that make up present-day Albania ...
See also:History of Albania, History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians, History of Albania - Ancient Illyria, History of Albania - The Roman Period, History of Albania - The Coming of Christianity, History of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages, History of Albania - Ottoman Rule, History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism, History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania, History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44, History of Albania - Communist Albania, History of Albania - Modern Albania Read more here: » History of Albania: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania - The Roman Period |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 named "Albanoi" that was located in present day Albania. Many scholars dispute this. See Origin of Albanians. Some scholars have claimed that the Albanians and the Illyrians are the descendants of the ancient Pelasgians, and thus their history goes back at least 4000 years before Christ.
Those who support the Illyrian-Albanian continuity theory maintain that all the Illyrian tribes excep ...
See also:History of Albania, History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians, History of Albania - Ancient Illyria, History of Albania - The Roman Period, History of Albania - The Coming of Christianity, History of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages, History of Albania - Ottoman Rule, History of Albania - The birth of Albanian nationalism, History of Albania - World War I and its effects on Albania, History of Albania - World War II and the rise of Communism 1941-44, History of Albania - Communist Albania, History of Albania - Modern Albania Read more here: » History of Albania: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania - The Origin of the Albanians |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 feared, with justification, that Italy, Yugoslavia, and Greece would succeed in extinguishing Albania's independence and carve up the country. Italian forces controlled Albanian political activity in the areas they occupied. The Serbs, who largely dictated Yugoslavia's foreign policy after World War I, ...
See also:History of Albania 1919-1939, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Albania's re-emergence after World War I, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Social and economic conditions, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Government and politics, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian penetration, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Zog's kingdom, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian occupation, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Reference Read more here: » History of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania 1919-1939 - Albania's re-emergence after World War I |
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| | | | | | Durrës: 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 three major religious groups and two distinct classes: those people who owned land and claimed semifeudal privileges and those who did not. The landowners had always held the principal ruling posts in the country's central and southern regions, but many of them were steeped in the same conservatism that brought decay to the Ottoman Empire. The landowning elite expected that they would continue to enjoy precedence, but the ...
See also:History of Albania 1919-1939, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Albania's re-emergence after World War I, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Social and economic conditions, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Government and politics, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian penetration, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Zog's kingdom, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian occupation, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Reference Read more here: » History of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania 1919-1939 - Social and economic conditions |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 Zogu promised Belgrade frontier concessions before the invasion, but once in power the Albanian leader continued to press Albania's own territorial claims. On July 30, 1925, the two nations signed an agreement returning the town of Saint Naum on Lake Ohrid and other disputed borderlands to Yugoslavia. The larger country, however, never reaped the dividends it hoped for when it invested in Zogu. ...
See also:History of Albania 1919-1939, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Albania's re-emergence after World War I, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Social and economic conditions, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Government and politics, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian penetration, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Zog's kingdom, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian occupation, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Reference Read more here: » History of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian penetration |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 birth of an Albanian royal child meanwhile threatened to give Zog a lasting dynasty. After Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia (March 15, 1939) without notifying Mussolini in advance, the Italian dictator decided to proceed with his own annexation of Albania. Italy's King Victor Emman ...
See also:History of Albania 1919-1939, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Albania's re-emergence after World War I, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Social and economic conditions, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Government and politics, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian penetration, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Zog's kingdom, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian occupation, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Reference Read more here: » History of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian occupation |
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| | | | | Durrës: 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 a kingdom and transforming Zogu into Zog I, "King of the Albanians." International recognition arrived forthwith, but many Albanians regarded their country's nascent dynasty as a tragic farce. The new constitution abolished the Albanian Senate, creating a unicameral National Assembly, but King Zog ret ...
See also:History of Albania 1919-1939, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Albania's re-emergence after World War I, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Social and economic conditions, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Government and politics, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian penetration, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Zog's kingdom, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian occupation, History of Albania 1919-1939 - Reference Read more here: » History of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia II - History of Albania 1919-1939 - Zog's kingdom |
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| | | | | Durrës: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - Museums
Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites.
Agia Paraskevi, Thessaloniki, archaic cemetery
The Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki
Monastery of Latomos at Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki - Monuments.
The Arch and Tomb of Galerius
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See also:Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport Clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People, Thessaloniki - Bibliography Read more here: » Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - Museums |
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| | | | | 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, the puppet theater, the philharmonic orchestra, etc. There are also several museums such as the Archaeological Museum and the Museum of History.
The city's beaches are also a popular destination for many foreign and local tourists, with an estimated 600,000 tourists visitsing annually. Many Albanians from Tirana spend their sum ...
See also:Durrës, Durrës - Geography and demographics, Durrës - History, Durrës - Greek foundation, Durrës - Roman and Byzantine rule, Durrës - The Middle Ages, Durrës - 20th century, Durrës - Economy, Durrës - Local sights Read more here: » Durrës: Encyclopedia II - Durrës - Local sights |
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