5/5 Kate O. 6 years ago on Google
#thetownofathousandwindows
According
to
the
legend,
the
Tomorr
mountain
was
originally
a
giant,
who
fought
with
another
giant,
called
Shpirag
over
a
young
woman.
They
killed
each
other
and
the
girl
drowned
in
her
tears,
which
then
became
the
Osum
river.
Berat
(alb.
Berati)
-
2400
year
old
town
located
in
southcentral
Albania
is
known
as
"the
town
of
a
thousand
windows,
also
the
Museum
City".
It
is
one
of
the
oldest
and
most
beautiful
towns
of
Albania,
with
a
settlement
having
existed
there
since
at
least
the
6th
century
BC,
when
it
was
a
fortress-settlement
of
the
Greek
Dassaretae
tribe
on
the
old
border
between
Illyria
and
Epirus.
Berat
and
Gjirokastra
are
inscribed
as
rare
examples
of
an
architectural
character
typical
of
the
Ottoman
period.
Located
in
central
Albania,
Berat
bears
witness
to
the
coexistence
of
various
religious
and
cultural
communities
down
the
centuries.
It
features
a
castle,
locally
known
as
the
Kala,
most
of
which
was
built
in
the
13th
century,
although
its
origins
date
back
to
the
4th
century
BC.
The
citadel
area
numbers
many
Byzantine
churches,
mainly
from
the
13th
century,
as
well
as
several
mosques
built
under
the
Ottoman
era
which
began
in
1417.
Gjirokastra,
in
the
Drinos
river
valley
in
southern
Albania,
features
a
series
of
outstanding
two-story
houses
which
were
developed
in
the
17th
century.
The
town
also
retains
a
bazaar,
an
18th-century
mosque
and
two
churches
of
the
same
period.
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