VirtualGlobetrotting: Albania: Tirana

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Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)
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Old aircraft at Tirana airport
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Old aircraft at Rinas Mother Teresa Airport (TIA), Tirana, four Ilyushin Il-14 transports, an Ilyushin Il-28 bomber, two MIG-19s, a Mig-17 and an unknown plane, possibly Antonov AN-2.

Four Albanian Mig-15s
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Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi
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Capacity : 12,500

Prison 313
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By: Mike1989.
The Prison 313 (Burgu 313) or Jordan Misja Prison

Qemal Stafa
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Home pitch to the Albanian National Football Team

Stadium Tower
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Double-headed eagle
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By: Mike1989.
The National symbol of Albania

Runway mismatch
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By: gamma.
Rinas Mother Teresa Airport

National Historical Museum, Albania
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By: Xeba73.
The National Historical Museum is the country's largest museum. It was opened on 28 October 1981 and is 27,000 square metres in size, while 18,000 square metres are available for expositions. The museum was designed by Albanian architect Enver Faja.
The construction of the museum required the demolition of the former Tirana Municipal Building. The gigantic mosaic appearing at the main entrance is entitled The Albanians.
The National Historical Museum includes the following pavilions: Antiquity, Medieval, Rilindja Kombetare, Iconography, Culture of Albania, Albanian Resistance of World War II, and Communist genocide.

Xhamia-Babrru
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By: nico.

Embassy of the United States, Tirana
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Skanderbeg Monument
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The monument is in memory of George Castriot or Gjergj Kastrioti, commonly known as Skanderbeg (1405-1468). Skanderbeg was a 15th century Albanian nobleman who garnered fame for defending the Albanians against the Ottomans for 25 years.
The monument was was created by Odhise Paskali and errected in 1968, the 500th anniversary of Skanderbeg's death. It stands 11 meters (36 feet).

German War Cemetery Tirana
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By: Dania.
60 German soldiers of WW 2 are buried here. Over 1,800 with names and around 600 unknown are remembered on a memorial since the missing from all over Albania haven't been found yet

Pyramid Exhibition Hall
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By: hhgygy.
Originally, the Enver Hoxha Museum. The pyramid-shaped structure was designed by Hoxha's daughter and opened in 1988, three years after Hoxha's death.

Et'hem Bey Mosque
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TID Tower
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By: kkeps.

Embassy of Germany in Tirana, Albania
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Landing in Albania
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By: SpiderX22.
First plane in flight in Albania (and as they aren't rich in airports, probably the only one).

Tirane Heliport (LAFK)
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Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery
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By: Dania.

Downtown One (tallest building in Albania) under construction
144 m (472 ft) tall upon completion in 2023
By MVRDV
AKA DownTown Albania

Fortress of Justinian

University of Tirana

Bunker
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By: pak555.

'Arsakeio Greekalbanian School' by Issaias Demetrios & Papaioannou Tassis
2009

Skanderbeg Square
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Tirana, Airport, water tower
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Namazgah Mosque
Namazgah Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Namazgjasë) also known as the Great Mosque of Tirana (Albanian: Xhamia e Madhe e Tiranës) is a largest mosque in the Balkans in Tirana city, Albania.

Armed Forces Museum, Tirana
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Frederic Chopin monument, Tirana
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Mother Teresa Painting
Mother Teresa Painting in St. Paul's Cathedral, Tirana

Tirana Military Hospital
University Trauma Hospital Heliport

Harbin Z-5

University Medical Center of Tirana Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa Hospital Heliport

Viva Air Heliport

Tirana International Hotel and Conference Center

Lapraka Heliport
IATA: ZOOH, ICAO: AL-0001

National History Museum mosaic

National Library of Albania