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​Kruja, a medieval town frozen in time

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On a map of Illyria and the Balkan peninsula of that time, Ptolemy also marked Albanopolis, as the capital of the Illyrian tribe of the Albanians. The tribe of Albanians, under the pressure of wars, gradually withdrew from the city in the direction of today’s Kruja, changing its name as well, which turned into Arbër, and Albania was called Arbëri…

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The next day, on November 28, 1443, he announced the recovery of the free Albanian principality, raising the Kastriot flag, the two-headed black vulture on a red field, over the Kruja castle…

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