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Krujë

Old Bazaar of Krujë

Krujë, Albania

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Krujë (Albanian definite form: Kruja; see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north-central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is 20 km north of Tirana.

Krujë (Albanian definite form: Kruja; see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north-central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is 20 km north of Tirana. Krujë was inhabited by the ancient Illyrian tribe of the Albanoi. In 1190 Krujë became the capital of the first Albanian state in the Middle Ages, the Principality of Arbanon.

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Skanderbeg Museum, Krujë, Albania — Skanderbeg Museum — dedicated to Albania's national hero inside Krujë Castle
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The National History Museum "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu" (Albanian: Muzeu Historik Kombëtar "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu"), also known as the Skanderbeg Museum or the Kruja Museum, is located in Krujë and is one of the most important and visited museums in Albania. The museum was built at the end of the 1970s and was inaugurated on 1 November 1982.

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Ethnographic Museum of Krujë
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Krujë Panorama Terrace, Krujë, Albania — Sari Salltik Tekke — sacred Bektashi site inside Krujë Castle
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Sarı Saltık (alternatively spelled as Sarı Saltuk and also referred as Sarı Saltuk Baba or Dede, Ottoman Turkish: صارى صالتق, romanized: Ṣârı̊ Ṣâltı̊ḳ; Ṣârı̊ Ṣâltuḳ; sarı meaning 'the blonde', died 1297/98) was a 13th-century Alevi Turkish dervish, venerated as a saint by the Bektashi Sufi Muslims in the Balkans and parts of Middle East as well as the mainstream Sunni Muslim community.

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