Berati |
Berati, a city in south central Albania. Located near the Osum River, Berat is the commercial center for the surrounding agricultural region in which tobacco, grapes, and fruits are grown. The town of Berat, overshadowed to the east by mount Tomorr (2400m), is built on an ancient Illyrian dwelling site, which goes back to the sixth century B.C. Its innumerable monuments and beautiful and characteristic architecture of its houses have proclaimed Berat, a museum town. Much of the
city is built on terraces in the steep hills overlooking the Osum. The
city has many historical monuments, including mosques dating from the
15th to 19th centuries and an 18th-century seven-arched stone bridge. A
13th-century citadel built along a ridge high above the river gorge
houses a museum and several old churches.
The castle and its fortified walls are interrelated just like a mosaic
where various stages of buildings such as " Kala ", " Mangalem ", "
Gorice " which are settled on hills units of the toun make up an
impressive example of our genius creative people.
Berati has a population of 37,000 inhabitants. The hills and the mountain slopes around
Berat, are planted with fig trees olive trees and other fruits. Mosques
and small mosques are brilliant examples in their rising skill of
architecture execution, but in particular the iterior part of ceilings
and stained glass windows too. Museums
such as Onufri, Ethnographic and Historic preserve and devote prior
importance to this treasury placing the bases of a cultural tourism. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 March 2005 ) |