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At first glance, Shkodra seems a low-key city for tourists. You can aimlessly wander around the historical streets between the Colosseo hotel and the Cathedral, or visit the busy shopping streets near the football stadium. But people in the know can track down interesting sights such as the hard-to-find Marubi Photo Collection, the beautiful Ottoman-era house with the Historical Museum and the quirky old Turkish bathhouse. The top must-see sight in town, of course, is Rozafa Castle.Click here for our features on the Marubi Photo Collection and Rozafa Castle.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Mes Bridge
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Venice Art mask factory
One of Shkodra's most interesting success stories is the Venice Art mask factory. Founded by Edmond Angoni, a local who lived in Italy, it employs 60 people to manually make 20,000 masks per year using the labour-intensive cartapesta technique, which uses glue-moistened sheets of paper to create the mask structure and relief. Read on
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Marubi National Photo Collection
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Venice Art mask factory
I second Rob's comments. It's a singular experience to go and see where and how these masks are produced, and then to think about how, if you're buying papier mache masks in Venice, they were probably made here....Venice Art mask factory
The mask factory is one of the coolest things to see in Shkodra. I lived there for two years and made it a point to bring visitors....Catholic Cathedral
Very nice....Al-Zamil Mosque
This information is wrong. This Mosque is Built by Sheikh Zamil Abdullah Al Zamil and it is still maintained by Al Zamil Family....