Exploring TIRANA, ALBANIA 🇦🇱 Europe’s Best Kept Secret for Traveler's

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

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  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 Месяц назад +6

    This was a great walking tour. I do know where Albania is. From what I recall hearing, it was Europe's poorest country, but that has changed. Cheers, Steve and Michelle!

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад +1

      You know more than I did on it's geography Dwayne.. Although I think it seems currently a long way from poor. Thanks Buddy

    • @owoyeleadeyemi6330
      @owoyeleadeyemi6330 Месяц назад +2

      Very cool and amazing country....

    • @qwc440
      @qwc440 Месяц назад +1

      Yeah It used to be pretty bad even just 10-15years ago now Its maybe 6-7th poorest

  • @europeanlover
    @europeanlover Месяц назад +5

    Looks amazing 🎉

  • @laserkick
    @laserkick Месяц назад +6

    those two guys have drink a lot rakia (brandy) from what 5 on the morning 😂and the party just started HAHA

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад +3

      I suspect so.. they looked very happy 😁

  • @owoyeleadeyemi6330
    @owoyeleadeyemi6330 Месяц назад +5

    Amazing country.....

  • @ngatiramona
    @ngatiramona Месяц назад +1

    ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜💖💕 Thank you darling traveling duo Steve and gorgeous Michele!! Very fascinating and wonderful tour, thank you Steve.🥰 Enjoying the series, culture and people. 🌹 Love to you both. Xoxoxo

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      Thank you Mona.. I'm off to get a haircut.. love to you from both Michele and I.. xo

  • @mendjelire8392
    @mendjelire8392 Месяц назад +3

    The statue is not another one of Scanderbeg but of Sulejman Pasha Bargjini (also known in Albanian: Sylejman Pashë Mulleti, Turkish: Berkinzâde Süleyman Paşa). He was an ethnic Albanian general, nobleman and Governor of the Ottoman Empire. He was originally from Bargjin, but he settled in the village of Mullet, Albania and probably served as a Janissary, he was given the title Pasha. He had fought for the Ottomans against the Safavids in Persia. After that he built a mosque (the Sylejman Pasha Mosque), a bakery and a hammam (Islamic sauna) in so founding the settlement of Tirana, now the capital of Albania, in 1614 as an oriental-style town of those times.

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      Wow, such an important character, are you saying he is then the Founder of Tirana, that should be made clear on the Statue one would think..
      Thanks for all the info.. 😃👌

    • @lagjescuni5482
      @lagjescuni5482 Месяц назад +1

      @mendjelire8392... yes but tirana has been inhabited since ancient times long before the arrival of the romans... like all Albanian cities including those that are not within the current border of Albania

    • @speeddemon8977
      @speeddemon8977 Месяц назад

      @@Steve-Owens yes he was the founder of modern Tirana since Tirana has been inhabited since ancient times

  • @aleksanderdervishi8067
    @aleksanderdervishi8067 Месяц назад +1

    If you want warmer weather. I would strongly suggest the southern coast. Vlore, Sarande, Gjirokastër, etc.

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      @@aleksanderdervishi8067 I think we should definitely do that. We're thinking about getting a car, what do you think?

    • @aleksanderdervishi8067
      @aleksanderdervishi8067 Месяц назад

      @ without a doubt! If this was 5 years ago, it would be challenging to navigate since roads were not paved well. Now since about 60-75% of the roads are paved, a car will work out perfectly. However inside of the city I don’t think a car is necessary since everything in the south is relatively walking distance. However a car will help you out a lot if you would be doing some city hopping. Greetings from Michigan!

  • @m1444rtin
    @m1444rtin Месяц назад +3

    The Et'hem Bey Mosque construction was started in 1791 or 1794 by Molla Bey and it was finished in 1819 or 1821 by his son Haxhi Ethem Bey, grand-grandson of Sulejman Pasha.
    At the time it was built it was part of complex buildings that compose the historical center of Tirana. In front of the mosque was the old Bazaar, in east the Sulejman Pasha Mosque, which was built in 1614 and destroyed during World War II, and in the north-west the Karapici mosque The Et'hem Bey Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Haxhi Et'hem Beut, Turkish: Hacı Edhem Bey Camii) is a mosque in Tirana, Albania, known for its frescoes outside and inside the portico which depict trees, waterfalls and bridges. During the totalitarianism of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania, the mosque was closed; it was declared a historical monument and underwent restorations in the late 1960s and early 1970s. On January 18, 1991, despite opposition from communist authorities, 10,000 people entered the mosque carrying flags. This was at the onset of the fall of communism in Albania.The event was a milestone in the rebirth of religious freedom in Albania
    The mosque reopened as a house of worship in 1991. Without permission from the authorities, 10,000 people attended and the police did not interfere. The mosque consists of an architectural complex together with the Clock Tower of Tirana. Today, tours of the mosque are given daily, though not during prayer service. Visitors must take their shoes off before entering the inner room

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      Super info, I was hoping to learn more about the Mosque, fascinating.. Thank you

    • @mendjelire8392
      @mendjelire8392 Месяц назад +2

      @@Steve-Owens the little mosque is very special compared to all the other mosques in the world as the frescoes were painted by a Venetian and they depict nature which is not allowed in Islam.

  • @qwc440
    @qwc440 Месяц назад +1

    You should visit just for one day each Shkodra, Kruje and Durres, Vlora, Berat, Korca, Gjirokastra. I would recommend getting your own car If possible

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад +1

      That covers most of the country. I certainly hope we can do a large chunk of what you suggest. A car is certainly in the future.. thanks.

  • @abc123ben
    @abc123ben Месяц назад +1

    Did you use A.I. for the video description? :p

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      @@abc123ben Why do you say that Ben.. 😆

  • @theyasuomain1646
    @theyasuomain1646 Месяц назад

    you came a little late i think for the warm weather like 10 days ago it was really hott

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      @@theyasuomain1646 I was here 10 days ago, I was in the storm last week when the weather changed.. 🥶 brrr 😂

  • @mendjelire8392
    @mendjelire8392 Месяц назад +1

    The building is not slow but it has been stopped because they have build more floors then the original plan that was submitted and they have no permeation for that. It has to go through courts now and when they lose the extra floors will most likely will be demolished and then it will be allowed to continue finishing the construction.

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      That's good to hear the construction companies aren't able to push through illegal projects..

  • @Ash-ov5lx
    @Ash-ov5lx Месяц назад +11

    Building can be built roads can be built infrastructure can be built but one thing witch can’t be built is the nature so Albania has all the nature that god gave it as a gift the rest can be build by humans but the nature can’t be built.

    • @xOrestt
      @xOrestt Месяц назад +1

      Yeah right I'm glad about this aspects that my country proudly holds. Greetings to you wherever you live!

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      That's something we really hope we can discover..

  • @qwc440
    @qwc440 Месяц назад

    Just 10days ago It was pretty hot here, still you might find vlora bit hotter.

  • @infinityexplorer721
    @infinityexplorer721 Месяц назад

    Lord Byron himself !😂
    Come on man you need to do some 35:46 preparation before you make programmes as such,
    Albania is so much more , you haven’t even scratched the surface yet by being walking around Tirana few times, go around my friend learn some more, there so much to see and explore,

  • @ag5688
    @ag5688 Месяц назад +2

    You have barely scratches surface in terms of architecture go to Berat and Gjirokastra Shkodra Albania has it all iLirian, Roman, Greek, Ottoman Visit more cities

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      True, I hope to visit more. My observation is that of the capital city and the centre of that city, at the moment That's mostly what I have seen but join me on the earlier walk in the mountains..
      I look forward to seeing lots more.. thank you. 🙏

  • @doni-vq1vm
    @doni-vq1vm Месяц назад

    The Et'hem bey Mosque always has been in that place but during communism it wasn't open for public but was kept intact as landmark because the importance it has and I think it was the only mosque left in Albania during the dictatorship of communism

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  24 дня назад

      Thank you for that information 😊👍🙏

  • @mendjelire8392
    @mendjelire8392 Месяц назад +1

    Noo! Kardashians are from Armenia not from Albania. Brothers John and Jim Belushi are from Korce Albania. Mother Teresa was born in Macedonia to Albanian parents. Her mother and sisters lived in Tirana and Hoxha did not allow her to come visit her family during communism.

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад +1

      That's great to know. Someone said to me (here) they were from Albania, to be honest, I know the names but I know almost nothing about them..so I can put that untruth to rest.. Thanks.
      I'm glad to hear the brothers were from here, I think I called John James it's actually John I had a fondness for in the day, a sad loss.

    • @lagjescuni5482
      @lagjescuni5482 Месяц назад +1

      Macedonia did not exist at that time Shkupi where Mother Teresa was born was part of one of the 4 Albanian vilayets....

  • @markbattle5886
    @markbattle5886 Месяц назад +1

    This guys are drunk 😂😂😂

  • @BornE-V13
    @BornE-V13 Месяц назад +1

    Dua Lipa Rita Ora John Jim Belushi Paul Walker Eliza Dushku James Biberi Mother Teresa Kim Kardashian Robert De Niro his Albanian from Sicily part of Sicily are Albanian called Arbresh, in one of Italian show he sad his Blood Albanian

  • @lorik0109
    @lorik0109 Месяц назад

    Need to understand albos dont come after you you shold go after them ! 😂

  • @speeddemon8977
    @speeddemon8977 Месяц назад +2

    The Belushi brothers are Albanians but not the Kardashian LOL the Kardashian are Armenian not Albanian, Belushi in other hand yes he originates from city of Korca south east Albania. Mother Theresa parents were from Shkodra but she was born in skopje north macedonia.

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      I already got told off for repeating that lie.. Someone told me and I foolishly thought it True.. but hey ho! we live and learn

  • @speeddemon8977
    @speeddemon8977 Месяц назад +1

    those gentelmans at the start of the video are probably rakia lover i know such people when Albanians drink rakia they walk talk and stop all the time

  • @speeddemon8977
    @speeddemon8977 Месяц назад +1

    some mosques and churches survived especially the ones that were old and that had art inside them. but also in other hand many churches and mosques were destroyed. Our parents that were raised during the regime have 0 religion education whatsoever and are all athiests even us the new generations of Albanians ae not religious at all i come from an orthodox Christian Albanian family originally except my grandparents no one in our family is religious at all. the only religious people in Albania are either refuges from syria Afghanistan that have arrived recently but very few Albanians are religious. every family here has christian muslims we married with eachother and identify only as Albanians if you understand what am saying. Also most tourists miss alot in Tirana they all visit the center skenderbeg square pyramid or mother theresa square but there is another side of Tirana called Tirana East Gate biggest shopping center in balkans and is a city in its own has everything from its own square houses churches hikes, rivers clubs museums etc

    • @Steve-Owens
      @Steve-Owens  Месяц назад

      Great information, thanks for sharing it with us all.. 👍

  • @Shqipetar867
    @Shqipetar867 Месяц назад

    Go in vlora or dures you gone likes