Elbasan County

مدينة · Elbasan

Elbasan

A central industrial city inside an Ottoman fortress wall, on the old Via Egnatia.

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موقع تاريخي · Elbasan

Elbasan Castle

An Ottoman fortress built on a Roman site, with a living town inside its walls.

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منطقة محمية · Elbasan

Shebenik-Jabllanicë National Park

Old-growth beech forest on the North Macedonian border, part of a UNESCO-listed primeval forest network.

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نهر · Elbasan

The Shkumbin

The river that splits Albania in two — the historic dividing line between Gheg and Tosk.

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بلدة · Elbasan

Cërrik

A town founded around an oil refinery in the 1950s.

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بلدة · Elbasan

Librazhd

A Shkumbin-valley town at the gate of Shebenik-Jabllanicë National Park.

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بلدة · Elbasan

Peqin

A small town on the Shkumbin at a crossing point used since Roman times.

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بلدة · Elbasan

Belsh

A hill town surrounded by more than eighty small lakes and extensive olive groves.

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بلدة · Elbasan

Prrenjas

A former nickel-mining town on the road to Lake Ohrid.

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بلدة · Elbasan

Gramsh

A mountain town on the Devoll river, once the site of a large arms plant.

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