Shkodra Promenade Walking Tour | Pedonalja e Shkodrës | 4K | Albania, November 2021
Slightly shorter than 1 km, the pedestrian area stretches for about 800 m, all paved with decorative stones. It is not many years since Shkodra Pedestrian has become one of the most valued tourist attractions in the country. There you find a place where the present and the past meet, and where at all hours of the day you are surrounded by visitors, locals and many young people. Music in these streets will accompany you everywhere. In fact, this road has been among the most populous since its construction around the 20th century. Designed by the well-known local architect and painter, Kole Idromeno, it clearly distinguishes the many Venetian details that Idromeno brought to Shkodra after his education in Venice, around the 20th century. When an artist creates the city, the result can not but be a masterpiece. Not too tall buildings with courtyards, windows decorated to the last detail, characteristic narrow alleys, and romantic lighting in the evenings - these are some of the elements that fill the visitor's eye with beauty and turn it into a simple walk. in a maximum taste of the city.
The pedestrian area connects the city center with the Historical Museum. Along this way, you will not only see the artists painting there but you will also pass through many different painting and photography studios. Among them, you will undoubtedly find the Marubi National Museum of Photography, which holds the most famous collection of Albanian photography. There you will learn about the history of photography from 1856, the time of the first photographer in Albania and the Balkans, Pjetër Marubi, to the present day.
The town square with two boulevard directions combines the new buildings with the old ones of the 1800s. On the right, you can see the range of characteristic houses, which includes one of the oldest neighborhoods of the town. It is these classic two-storey houses, many of them in the Venetian style, which have created an atmosphere as Shkodra as universal within this famous city in northern Albania.
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