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Fier County

Historic site · Fier

Apollonia

A Corinthian colony that became a Roman university town — Octavian was studying here when Caesar was killed.

Historic site · Fier

Ardenica Monastery

A hilltop monastery on the Myzeqe plain where, by tradition, Skanderbeg was married in 1451.

Historic site · Fier

Byllis

The largest Illyrian city yet excavated, on a plateau above the Vjosa with five early Christian basilicas.

City · Fier

Fier

The service town of the oil and farming plain, next to the ruins of Apollonia.

Town · Fier

Ballsh

The seat of Mallakastër and the site of Albania's main oil refinery, near the ruins of Byllis.

Lake · Fier

Karavasta Lagoon

The largest lagoon in Albania and the western Balkans' main breeding site for the Dalmatian pelican.

Town · Fier

Lushnjë

An agricultural centre on the Myzeqe plain, and the site of the 1920 congress that saved Albanian statehood.

Town · Fier

Divjakë

The town beside the Karavasta lagoon and the pine forest of the national park.

Town · Fier

Roskovec

A small agricultural town in the Fier oil and farming belt.

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