Southern Albania located in Albania.
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Map of southern Albania
- 1 Himara. with beautiful beaches along the southern coast. A few kilometers south of Himara in the bay of Porto Palermo on a small peninsula is a fortress that is said to have been built by Tepedelenli Ali Pascha at the beginning of the 19th century. It can be assumed, however, that it is much older and was probably built by the Republic of Venice around the same time as the similarly constructed fortress in Butrint. Also there, in a restricted military area, but clearly visible from the fortress and from the coastal road, is a former Soviet and Albanian submarine base with a submarine bunker driven into the rock.
- 2 Sarandë
(Saranda). Resort with a huge selection of hotels. The harbor is also here, from where you can get to within a very short time Corfu got. The most important sights in Saranda are the extensive ancient ruins of Butrint about 15 kilometers south of the city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992. Other sights are the Byzantine church Shën Kollë (consecrated to Nicholas of Myra) in Mesopotam and Syri i Kaltër (Blue Eye), the most famous karst spring in Albania. The ancient site of Phoinike east of the city near Finiq is also a noteworthy sight. In 2006 a theater was excavated there.
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- 2 Phoinike (Finiqi)
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