Between Crescent and Arthur Avenue, crowds filled the streets on May 3 in celebration of the 5th Annual Gjergj Kastrioti ...

In the early 15th century, the Balkans and Eastern Europe as a whole suffered under Ottoman raids and conquest. The Ottoman Sultan figured fragmented Albania would be an easy conquest. However, ...

Actors and locals in the Zadrima region in northern Albania reenacted the marriage of Albania’s medieval hero, George Kastriot ‘Scanderbeg’, in the grounds of an ancient church, drawing on the ...

The National Gallery has opened an exhibition of portraits of the Albanian hero, ranging from 1455 to 2022 – the result of a book by professor Luan Tashi published four years ago. Portraits of the ...

A biography of George Kastriot Skanderbeg widely known as Skanderbeg, a 15th-century Albanian lord who defended his land against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.

Dutch studio MVRDV has begun construction on a mixed-use building in Tirana, Albania, which it has modelled on a bust of the country's prominent historical figure Gjergj Kastrioti. The 85-metre-tall ...