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The “Albania” Society in Austria
The beginning of studies by a group of Albanian students in Austria in 1917–1918 came about as a result of an agreement made by Lu…
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Stories, culture and news from Pogradec
Reports, cultural events and everything written about the city by the lake.
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The “Lin in Aqua 2” exhibition opens in Pogradec
The “Lin in Aqua 2” exhibition has just opened in Pogradec, marking the start of the Watercolour Festival. The exhibition will rem…
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The Puppet Theatre is ready for its summer tour of Albania!
The Puppet Theatre is ready for its summer tour. The Director of the National Centre of Culture for Children, Melsi Qirici, today…
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Screening of the documentary “Femn Art”, telling the inspiring story of three women from Pogradec
“Femn’Art” tells the inspiring story of three women artists from Pogradec who, setting out from a small town, went on to become pa…
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Monodrama dedicated to Mother Teresa staged in Pogradec
An evening full of emotion and art was enjoyed at the “Lasgush Poradeci” performance hall in Pogradec, where the monodrama “And’rr…
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“Pogradeci” – a winter landscape by the master Anastas Kostandini
In this painting, the renowned artist Anastas Kostandini depicts a winter view of Pogradec, his hometown, where the roofs of the h…
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A Byzantine masterpiece on Lake Ohrid at Lin that is kept hidden
This Albanian peninsula hides 6th-century Byzantine mosaics covering 158 square metres, kept under a protective covering for nine…
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Pogradec hosts the Watercolour Festival
For the first time, Pogradec welcomed the International Watercolour Festival, a cultural event that brought together artists from…
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PAINTING OF THE DAY: “Në fshatin Lin pas shiut” (In the Village of Lin after the Rain) by Agron Polovina
In the work above, Agron Polovina portrays the village of Lin glistening after a refreshing shower of rain. The soft colours and t…
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Lin declared an “Architectural Ensemble”/ The tourist village receives special status
Following the decision to grant it the status of "Architectural Ensemble", the tourist village of Lin, with its cultural and histo…
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This is the poem Lasgush Poradeci wrote while gravely ill
By Kristaq Jorgo A few days ago Mrs Marie Lasgush Poradeci published the autograph manuscript of a poem by Lasgush Poradeci, writt…
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Kral versus Pekmezi – The struggle within the Albanian Literary Commission in Shkodra, 1916–1918
The Albanian Literary Commission[1] in Shkodra, 1916–1918, is an excellent example of the interweaving of all the relevant fields…
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Pogradec: history, tradition, tourism
albanian.cri.cn Pogradec, the town of the lake, the mountain, culture and tradition, but also the town of poets. The locals call i…
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