Elbasan History: 1 Day Dedicated (2 to 4 People) Guided Tour (No Big Groups)

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Stop At: Kalaja E Elbasanit, Bulvardi Qemal Stafa, Elbasan Albania

Foreign travelers in the ‘800s noted that cities like Elbasan no longer existed in Europe. Indeed, this is a rare town! Skampis, as this fortress-town was once called, was founded in 1466 by two strikingly different leaders: the Roman emperor Justinian and Sultan Mehmet the Second. The two-thousand-year-old Castle of Elbasan, a Roman construction built as early as the 3rd century B.C., once surrounded the entire city, which stretched over an area of approximately 10 hectares.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Clock Tower Sahati, Elbasan Albania

Elbasan Ethnographic Museum

Located in the center of the city, not far from the Castle of Elbasan, this museum is housed in a traditional two-story 18th century house that tells of the culture, folklore and lifestyle in this medieval city.

The museum that recounts the story of Elbasan’s culture and lifestyle is housed inside one of the city’s most traditional houses.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Elbasan Castle, Elbasan, Albania

Elbasan Ethnographic Museum Located in the center of the city, not far from the Castle of Elbasan, this museum is housed in a traditional two-story 18th century house that tells of the culture, folklore and lifestyle in this medieval city.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: St. Nicholas Church, Shelcan, Albania

Many of Onufri’s icons, dating back to the end of the European Renaissance, have managed to survive. In addition to Berat, research also locates Onufri’s art in Shelcan Church, in the outskirts of Gjinar in Elbasan. There, you can see the heavily damaged but still beautiful fresco.

Duration: 30 minutes