Albanian license plate |
City of Shkodėr - SH |
The new blue style Albanian license plate without region codes |
Welcome to Shkodėr, Albania's northern city |
Rapidly growing Shkodėr is Albania's 5th largest city |
Ornate mosque at the first roundabout |
Interesting mosque on Rruga Mbreti Gent |
Mosque detail |
Sheshi Perash |
Isa Boletini, the "Lion of Kosovo", Shkodėr |
Isa Boletini (1864-1916), leader of resistance against the Ottomans |
Rruga Marin Bicikemi |
Driving around Shkodėr looking for the hotel... |
Kisha e Shėn Kollit - Church of St. Nicholas, Shkodėr |
Late afternoon sun shining on the golden cross of the Franciscan Church |
Looks like Shkodėr got a fresh coat of paint |
Xhamia Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr's most impressive mosque |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr, reconstructed in the early 1990's with Saudi money |
The original mosque was destroyed by 1905 earthquake |
A second Ottoman mosque stood here 1910-1963 |
Evening at the Grand Mosque of Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr |
Grand Hotel Europa, Shkodėr's 5-star hotel |
Europa Grand Hotel, Shkodėr |
Guest room of the Europa Grand Hotel |
Korēa, one of Albania's domestic beers |
Dusk with Parruces Mosque, Shkodėr |
Parruces Mosque (Xhamia Parrucės), completed in 2006 |
Minaret at dusk |
Parruces Mosque at dusk, Shkodėr |
Parruces Mosque at dusk, Shkodėr |
Lulishtja e Parruces Park, Shkodėr |
Shkodėr |
Shkodėr |
Minarets of the Parruces Mosque from Europa Grand Hotel |
Parruces Mosque |
Parruces Mosque in the morning |
Martyrs of the 2nd of April memorial |
View from the Europa Grand Hotel |
Parruces Mosque, Shkodėr |
The road in front of the Europa Grand Hotel |
Sheshi 2 Prilli - 2nd of April Square |
Obelisk Heronjte e Demokracise - the Martyrs of 2 April 1991memorial |
Police killed 4 and injured 82 on 2 April 1991, 2 days after Albania's 1st multiparty elections |
Turkish Cultural Center, Shkodėr |
Café along Rruga Studenti |
Rruga Studenti, one of the main streets of Shkodėr |
Post-communist architecture in Shkodėr |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Radio Shkodra |
Minibus for Tirane from Democracy Square, Shkodėr |
Sheshi Demokracia, Shkodėr |
Migjeni Theatre, 1879 |
New construction project on Democracy Square |
Former site of a communist-era monument to the "Five National Heroes" |
Sheshi Demokracia - Democracy Square, Shkodėr |
Apparently the old communist monument to the 5 heroes has been moved to the Martyr's Cemetary |
The old Rozafa Hotel, underwhelming from the outside |
Democracy Square, Shkodėr |
Shkodėr travel agency specializing in Italian travel |
One of the old communist-era monuments still standing in Shkodėr |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr |
Abu Bakir al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam (702-765 AD) |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr (Abu Bakr al Siddiq) |
Masjid Ebu-Bekr al-Sediq in Arabic calligraphy with tughra of the Ottoman sultan |
The mosque was rebuilt with money donated by the Saudi Al-Zamil and dedicated in 1995 |
The same 1995 dedication plaque in Arabic |
Interior of the Ebu-Bekr mosque in Shkodėr |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr - dome |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr - dome |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr - dome detail |
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr |
Park between Rruga Vaso Kadia and Rruga Hasan Riza Pasha |
Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, Shkodėr |
Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, Shkodėr |
Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, built in 2000 |
Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, Shkodėr |
Orthodox Cathedral of Shkodėr |
Orthodox Cathedral of Shkodėr |
Tirana Bank |
Rruga Kolė Idromeno, Shkodėr's lively pedestrian street |
Rruga Kolė Idromeno pedestrian zone |
Bar Restorant Shkodra |
Franciscan Agency of Pilgrimages, Albania |
Librari Universitare, Shkodėr |
Italian is popular - La Trattoria |
Top Bast Live |
Shkodėr pedestrian zone |
Birra Tirana, a very nice Albanian beer |
Rruga Kolė Idromeno pedestrian zone |
Pedestrian zone with the Ebu Bakr mosque |
Birra Tirana umbrella |
Rruga Kolė Idromeno pedestrian zone |
Albanian Airlines |
Pizzeria Zio Peppe, Shkodėr |
Fontana, at the end of the pedestrian zone |
...very lively at night... |
Mediterranean architecture, Shkodėr |
Rruga Kolė Idromeno at the end of the pedestrian zone |
Rruga Kolė Idromeno, Shkodėr |
Rruga Kolė Idromeno, Shkodėr |
Rruga Kolė Idromeno and the pedestrian zone |
Gjuhadol area of Shkodėr |
Gjuhadol area of Shkodėr |
Old building with an interesting roof on Rruga Gjuhadol |
Nicely restored century old building |
Shkodėr old town |
G'juhadol - the old town of Shkodėr |
Rruga Marin Beēikemi, the main avenue in front of the Catholic Cathedral |
Katedralja e Shėn Shtjefnit |
Corner of Rruga Gjuhadol and Marin Beēikemi |
Shkodėr - Cathedral of St Stephen |
19th C. Shkodėr Cathedral of St. Stephen, a sports hall from 1967 to the fall of communism |
Shkodėr Cathedral |
Cathedral of St. Stephen |
Shkodėr Cathedral |
Shkodėr Cathedral |
Mosaic floor - Shkodėr Cathedral |
Restored ceiling of the Cathedral of St. Stephen, Shkodėr |
Statue dated 1903, Shkodėr Cathedral |
Detail of the devil |
Cathedral of St. Stephen, Shkodėr |
Stations of the Cross - Shkodėr Cathedral |
Stations of the Cross - Shkodėr Cathedral |
Stations of the Cross - Shkodėr Cathedral |
Stations of the Cross - Shkodėr Cathedral |
Portrait of Mother Teresa, Shkodėr Cathedral |
Pope John Paul II - Shkodėr Cathedral |
Nice day in Shkodėr |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Funeral agency, Shkodėr |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Beer crates, Shkodėr |
American Pizza - Shkodėr |
Albanian license plate - Shkodėr |
Albanian Airlines |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Hotel Rozafa, Shkodėr |
Signs for places of interest, Shkodėr |
Payphone - Telekomi Shqiptar |
Grand Mosque of Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr |
Grand Mosque of Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr |
Hotel Colosseo - another good option in central Shkodėr |
Shkodėr pedestrian zone |
Argjendar - Shkodėr |
Cross on the Franciscan Church, restored 2007 |
Sunlight shining on the Franciscan Church tower |
Franciscan Church (Kisha Franceskane), a cinema during the communist-era |
Kuvendi i Sh. Fraēeskut, Gjuhadol |
Interior of the Franciscan Church, Shkodėr |
Shpifja e Madhe - "Great Libel" |
Devils and Communists |
Monks and Angels |
Pavdeksia e Fese - "Religious Immortality" |
Stained glass window - Franciscan Church, Shkodėr |
Franciscan Church, Shkodėr |
Over the main altar of the Franciscan Church, Shkodėr |
Franciscan Church, Shkodėr |
Mother Teresa statue, 2006 |
Mother Teresa was born in FYR Macedonia to an Albanian family |
Mother Teresa won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize |
Luigj Gurakuqi (1879-1925) monument erected in 1993 |
Luigj Gurakuqi, Albanian nationalist born in Shkodėr |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Albania Post - mailbox |
Albania Post - Shkodėr |
Shkodėr tourist information booth |
New construction - Shkodėr |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Shkodėr, Albania |
Tirane license plate |
Grand Mosque of Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr |