Tanners' Bridge

Tirana County · Albania

Tanners' Bridge, Albania
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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This small stone Ottoman-era bridge in central Tirana dates from the 18th century and once carried a route used by leather workers and livestock traders crossing a branch of the Lana River. Built with a humpbacked profile and a single pointed arch, it fell out of use when the stream was diverted, leaving it stranded until its restoration. Today it stands as a preserved monument surrounded by the modern city, one of the few visible remnants of the town's Ottoman infrastructure. A short pedestrian path leads across its cobbled deck.

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