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Saint Paul Catholic Cathedral

Kisha Katedralja e Shën Palit

This modern cathedral features fascinating window murals.

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Address: Bulevardi Zhan D'Ark
Getting there: across from ETC and the Pyramid

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Tirana, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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National Gallery of Arts
Galeria Kombetare e Arteve
Tracing the relatively brief history of Albanian painting from the early 19th century to the present day, this beautiful space also has temporary exhibitions. The interesting collection includes 19th-century paintings depicting scenes from daily Albanian life and others with a far more political dimension including some truly fabulous examples of Albanian socialist realism. The ground-floor part of the gallery is given over to temporary exhibitions of a far more modern and challenging kind.
Closed for renovation200 lek
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Komiteti Kafe Muzeum
Styled as a cafe museum, this little bohemian place looks like a flea market. Every spare centimetre is crammed with communist-era relics, farming implements (those pitchforks hanging from the bar are probably a warning), Japanese fans, old clocks and so on. It's certainly a memorable spot for coffee or one of 25 varieties of raki.
Raki 200 lek
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Piramid
International Centre of Culture
Completely renovated and reopened in May 2023, the pyramid was built in 1987 according to the design of Enver Hoxha's daughter and was opened as a museum dedicated to her father. In 2007 US President George W. Bush gave a speech in front of this building. The building was the most expensive erected under communism, but by 2017 it had been empty and derelict for some time and threatened with demolition, instead it was saved and rebuilt. It is possible to walk up the stairs to its peak and get a nice view of the city.
During daylight
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Fortress of Justinian (Tirana Castle remains)
Albanian: Kalaja e Justinianit, Kalaja e Tiranës
The history of this castle in dates back before 1300 and is a remnant from the Byzantine-era. The fortress is the place where the main east-west and north-south roads crossed, and formed the heart of Tirana. About all that's left of the fortress above ground is a 6-m-high Ottoman-era wall, covered in vines. In the 21st century, uncovered wall foundations were uncovered and incorporated into the pedestrianised Murat Toptani Street, while a mosaic commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Albania's Independence was unveiled near the Albanian Parliament. In December 2018, a new traditional bazaar was opened inside Tirana Castle with various traditional handicraft shops and traditional cuisine restaurants.