Gjirokaster Gjirokastra is a picturesque museum town in southern Albania. Gjirokastra is like an Albanian eagle perched om the mountain side with a mighty citadel for its head. The fortress surveys the Drino Valley above the three and four-storey houses clinging to the slopes.Both buildings and streets are made of the same white-and-black stone. Gjirokastra´s population is around 40,000 and one of the biggest cities of southern Albania. The name Gjirokastra comes from Illyrian Argyres Tribe which inhabited these parts of Europe. Picturesque town with traditional houses Medieval citadel (was converted into prison under Nazis; houses museum of weapons). Gjirokaster is museum city. houses are built with stones.
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