Bashtovë Fortress

Tirana County · Albania

Bashtovë Fortress, Albania
Photo: Kimberly Hakkenberg, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to October
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A rectangular lowland Venetian and Ottoman fortress on the Shkumbin river plain near the Adriatic coast, its tall stone walls and corner towers rising unexpectedly from farmland. One of the few surviving field fortresses in Albania.

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