GJIROKASTËR

gyĭrôkäsˈtər or Gjinokastërgyēnô–, Gr. Argyrokastron, It. Argirocastro, town (1989 pop. 24,207), capital of Gjirokastër dist., S Albania. A commercial center, it produces foodstuffs, leather, and textiles. There are several 18th-century mosques and churches and an old citadel (rebuilt in the 19th cent.) in the town. Dating probably from the 4th cent., Gjirokastër passed to the Turks in the 15th cent. It was captured (1811) by Ali Pasha and was the center (late 1800s) of anti-Turkish resistance. In World War II it was occupied by Italy, Greece, and Germany in succession. Enver Hoxha, the Albanian Communist party leader, was born there.

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Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations, and Parties
Book by Janusz Bugajski; M.E. Sharpe, 1995
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Ethnic Relations--Political Aspects, Europe, Eastern--Politics And Government--1989-, Minorities--Europe, Eastern, Nationalism--Europe, Eastern
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Albania in Transition: The Rocky Road to Democracy
Book by Elez Biberaj; Westview Press, 1998
Subjects: Albania--Politics And Government--1990-, Democracy--Albania, Democratization--Albania
...of place-names used in Albania, e.g., Tirane, Shkoder, Gjirokaster, and so on. The book begins by providing a historical background...there were 58,758 ethnic Greeks, concentrated mainly in the Gjirokaster and Sarande districts. The postcommunist government has...
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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
...area of great potential for tourism. Gjirokaster and Sarande are major regional centers...inaugurated in the southern city of Gjirokaster in 1968. Events related to the Albanian...it in February 1991; another was in Gjirokaster, Hoxhas birthplace; while a third was...
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Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to the Economies in Transition
Book by Ian Jeffries; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Economic Conditions--1989-, Europe, Eastern--Politics And Government--1989-
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Beyond Eurocentrism: A New View of Modern World History
Book by Peter Gran; Syracuse University Press, 1996
Subjects: History, Modern--19th Century, History, Modern--20th Century
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Minorities and Minority Language Education in Inter-War Albania
Journal article by David J. Kostelancik; East European Quarterly, Vol. 30, 1996
Subjects: Albania--Social policy, Education and state--Social aspects, Education policy--Social aspects, Ethnic schools--History, Greeks in Albania--History, Greeks--Albania, Greeks--History, Romanians in foreign countries--History, Romanians--History
...in the southern Albanian districts of Gjirokaster, Delvine and Saranda. Schools were opened...predominantly ethnic Greek populated districts of Gjirokaster, Saranda and Delvine by instructing its Gjirokaster office to assure citizens that Tirana...
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The Resurfacing of Islam in Albania
Journal article by Frances Trix; East European Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1994
Subjects: Albania--Religious aspects, Islam--Albania, Muslims--Albania
...of Tepelen, executed by the court in Gjirokaster in 1946; Baba Ali Tomori, executed by...As for the Bektashis, Baba Rexheb of Gjirokaster and Baba Bajram of Plashnik estimate...important religious centers, like those in Gjirokaster in the south, by removing the administrative...
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Evolution and Revolution in Modern Albanian Literature
Journal article by Robert Elsie; World Literature Today, Vol. 65, 1991
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...Born and raised in the museum city of Gjirokaster, Kadare studied at the Faculty of History...relationship with Enver Hoxha, also from Gjirokaster, which enabled him to pursue literary...forceful novel set in Kadares native Gjirokaster. Ncntori i nje kryeqyteti (November...
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Communist Legacies in the Albanian Landscape
Journal article by Dean S. Rugg; The Geographical Review, Vol. 84, 1994
Subjects: Albania--Politics and government, Communism--Albania, Communist strategy--Analysis, Economic development--Albania
...districts of Lezhe, Lushnje, Permet, and Gjirokaster. Although exact data on population are...are outstanding historical relics. Gjirokaster and Berat were declared museum towns...the eighteenth century. Structures in Gjirokaster are tall and give a fortification image...
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Representations of Place: Albania
Journal article by Derek R. Hall; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 165, 1999
Subjects: Albania--History, Balkan Peninsula--History, Communism--Economic aspects
...translation, coffee table volumes appeared, featuring, for example, the museum cities of Berat (Strazimiri, 1987) (Plate I) and Gjirokaster (Riza, 1978). Other cultural publications, including archaeological journals (e.g. Monumentet) tended to be only in Albanian...
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Albania: Explosive Politics
Magazine article by Tom Blass; New Statesman, Vol. 137, April 7, 2008
Subjects: Albania--Accidents, Explosions--Accidents, Weapons industry--Accidents
...circulating. One high-ranking Democratic Party member told me, over a poisonously strong coffee in Enver Hoxhas home town of Gjirokaster, that he suspected reactionary elements within the security forces, hell-bent on wrecking chances of Albania joining Nato...
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'Alba': Italy's Multinational Intervention in Albania
Magazine article by Paolo Tripodi; Contemporary Review, Vol. 271, October 1997
Subjects: Albania--Relations with Italy, Italy--Relations with Albania, Military assistance--Analysis
...finally the lost savings of people to fire this explosive mixture. Although in the south, city after city, from Vlore to Gjirokaster, the state lost complete control, the situation was relatively peaceful. This situation of illegality did not go without...
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From Stalin to Saints: Tom Blass Finds Jaunty Funeral Parlours and Newly Restored Monasteries and Mosques in Rural Albania
Magazine article by Tom Blass; New Statesman, Vol. 137, May 5, 2008
Subjects: Albania--Description and travel, Cities and towns, Monasteries, Mosques
...churches and tekkes and persecuting imams, priests and babas with a zeal that scared even Stalin. In steep, stern, stony Gjirokaster, where Lord Byron and Ali Pasha once chinwagged and where both Hoxha and Ismail Kadare (Albanias most famous living writer...
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Albania Awakes: Isolated for Decades by Its Paranoid Communist Leader, Then Ravaged Civil Unrest and Economic Collapse, This Forgotten Corner of Europe Is Making a Remarkable Recovery
Magazine article by Nick Haslam; Geographical, Vol. 79, March 2007
Subjects: Albania--Description and travel, Albania--Economic aspects, Albania--Political aspects, Foreign assistance--Economic aspects, Tourism--Economic aspects, Travel industry--Economic aspects
...the countrys most important and beautiful archaeological sites, including the World Heritage-listed towns of Butrint and Gjirokaster. Prices start at 449 pounds sterling per person twin share, including all transfers, accommodation in four- and five star...
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Our Good Friend Albania
Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Nation, Vol. 263, November 4, 1996
Subjects: Albania--Description and travel, Albanian foreign relations--United States, United States, United States foreign relations--Albania
...hermetic Stalinist society. It expresses the paranoia of Gjirokasters least favorite son, who employed the threat of imperialist...Greek-speaking minority in this region is hard to determine, but in Gjirokaster itself it is very large and many of the inhabitants refer...
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More Pictures from Echo Readers on Their Travels
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), October 16, 2007
...readership in Southern Albania while on holiday with conservation group BTCV. The group cleared vegetation on the castle walls in Gjirokaster as well as clearing bramble and trees off the site of an ancient chapel by the Muslim monastery at Melani, in preparation...
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THIS REFEREE WAS LUCKY.. HE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT OFF SO LIGHTLY ON A PUBLIC PARK; BLACK AND BLUE: Di Canio Incident Was Bad but Whistlers in Junior Football Are Subjected to Far Worse Abuse
Newspaper article by Alan Campbell; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 30, 1998
...they staged a protest. Fiqiri Haxhia was beaten up by the players after a 0-0 draw between Sopoti Librazhd and Shqiponja Gjirokaster. Three Sopoti players were later banned for up to five years. Russian First Division club Spartak Nalchik were banned from...


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encyclopedia articles on: GjirokastEr  - 4 results

 
 
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GjirokastËr
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GJIROKASTER gyirokas t r or Gjinokaster gyeno , Gr. Argyrokastron...Argirocastro, town (1989 pop. 24,207), capital of Gjirokaster dist., S Albania. A commercial center, it produces foodstuffs...cent.) in the town. Dating probably from the 4th cent., Gjirokaster passed to the Turks in the 15th cent. It was captured...
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Argirocastro
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARGIROCASTRO see Gjirokaster , Albania. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Argyrokastron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARGYROKASTRON see Gjirokaster , Albania. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Kadare, Ismail
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...KADARE, ISMAIL 1936 , Albanian novelist and poet, widely regarded as his countrys most important contemporary writer, b. Gjirokaster, studied Univ. of Tirane, Gorky Institute of World Literature, Moscow. He began as a journalist, and also wrote poetry, which...


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