Fun facts about Durrës
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The name Dyrrhachion is usually explained as a Greek compound meaning 'bad rocky shore'.
Durrës
Albania
Durrës is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history.
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Durrës was founded by Greek colonists in 627 BC on the coast of the Illyrian Taulantii.
Durrës
Albania
Durrës is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history.
From the “History” section
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The city was made the capital of the Roman province of Epirus nova in the 4th century.
Durrës
Albania
Durrës is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history.
From the “History” section
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Durrës was known as Dırac in Ottoman Turkish during the 411-year Ottoman period.
Durrës
Albania
Durrës is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history.
From the “Name” section
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Durrës became the focus of mass emigrations from Albania in the early 1990s, with over 20,000 people migrating to Italy in August 1991 alone.
Durrës
Albania
Durrës is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history.
From the “History” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Photo by: Matthias Krüttgen Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/redstarpictures/ · CC0