Korça
Sightseeing

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Korça's charming museums are well worth visiting and can all be seen in a relaxed morning or afternoon, but as they are often found locked during opening hours it's best to phone ahead. You can ask an Albanian-speaker to call, but the Tourist Information Centre will also arrange this for you, and can also provide a guide to help explain and translate.

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Archaeology Museum

Housed in two charming and well-preserved Ottoman-era buildings around a cobblestone courtyard that are worth a visit alone, the town's archaeology museum holds 1,200 Hellenic, Roman and Paleo-Byzantine objects from 6000 BCE to 600 CE. Read_on (No Comments)

Bratko Museum of Oriental Art

This curious avant-garde building combining a traditional Japanese tori gate with modern glass architecture and concrete wave patterns houses the impressive art collection of the Albanian-American Dhimitër Boria (1903-1990). Read_on (1 Comment)

First Albanian School

Focus of considerable pride and symbol of national awakening under Ottoman rule, the first secular school with subjects taught in Albanian was opened in Korça on March 7, 1887. Read_on (1 Comment)

Medieval Art Museum

Korça's best museum has an excellent collection of 6,500 medieval and modern icons from Southern Albania, as well as 1,500 other objects, of which some 200 icons and 50 metal objects are on display in this curious building. Read_on (No Comments)

Vangjush Mio Museum

The gifted impressionist artist Vangjush Mio (1891-1957) had a remarkable painting career encompassing 40 years, producing over 400 paintings and 300 sketches. Read_on (1 Comment)

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