Maps of Power

Tirana

Begin 01.01.1372

Properties

ID 123277
System Class Place
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Place Lower Town
Administrative unit Albania , Qark Tirana
MarkerMarker
1 km
3000 ft
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Description

The town of Tirana was first mentioned in 1372 in Venetian sources. still in 1510 Tirana was described by Marinus Barletius as a small settlement. Only in 1614, when Sulejman Pasha Bargjini began to build a Mosque, Hamam (a bathhouse) and a Imaret (a soup kitchen for the poor and travellers).