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Albania's Bunkers
Roughly 170,000 concrete pillboxes built under Enver Hoxha — the most visible physical legacy of the communist state.
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Roughly 170,000 concrete pillboxes built under Enver Hoxha — the most visible physical legacy of the communist state.
One of the largest castles in the Balkans, holding an artillery gallery and a captured US aircraft.
An oil town and air base, called Qyteti Stalin from 1950 to 1990.