Castle of Durresi

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Forum Macellum

Thermal buildings

The castle is ancient like the town of Durres. During the centuries Durres was ruined and reconstructed several times. The surrounding walls of Durres in their main parts belong to the Emperor Anastas Period (491-518) and are made up of two main parts: Acropolis or The Upper Castle and the Lower Castle.
The Upper Castle served as the residence of the Duke of Durres and later, when the city was ruled by the Albanian feuds (1368-1392), it served as the house for Karl and Gjergj Topia. Acropolis had two gates that linked it with the Lower Castle at the height of 59 m. This castle was built in two periods, taking the shape of a rectangular of 500 meters.
The walls are surrounded with round and square tours and in the middle of the walls are different gates. The reference made to was: “the gate of the knight”- the gate with the broken arch near the amphitheatre, where the big bronze monument of the Emperor Adrian is placed. The Castle of Durresi was very strong and powerful.
Malhu with the origin from Philadelphia of Palestine said: “The castle of Durresi is located on a high hill, generally never to be conquered” The Byzantine chronicle writer Anna Komnena at her book “Aleksiada” wrote”: “The wall of the Castle of Durresi is supported and held on the heaps. They surround the city at the height of 11 feet. And four or more knights next to each other can pass on it. The Turkish chronicle writers said that the Castle of Durresi “had the sky as a friend”. Its walls were very high.
At the time of Emperor Anastas, the Castle of Durresi was surrounded with three rows of strong walls. The researchers think that the third row are the remnants of Porto Romano, next to which was also a small construction site for different kinds of ships.
The Castle of Durresi was also famous for “the Big Gate”, “the Sea Gate” that were also known as “museums in the nature”. On their walls were also fixed many monuments, traces of which can be still found even nowadays.

 

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Surpoted by the Prefecture of Durres Region
"Sviluppo Sistemi Turistice in Albania"
      
Regione        PromAdria
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