Subject
Religion in Albania
Four historic communities — Sunni, Bektashi, Orthodox and Catholic — and a state that banned all of them from 1967 to 1990.
- Summer Day (Dita e Verës)
- 14 March — pre-Christian spring festival, strongest in Elbasan
- Nevruz
- 22 March — Bektashi new year
- Independence Day
- 28 November 1912
- Liberation Day
- 29 November 1944
In plain language
Albania's official holidays include Muslim and Christian religious days as well as national ones. Summer Day on 14 March is a spring festival that is not religious at all. Independence Day is 28 November.
Simple explanation
Albania's official holidays include Muslim and Christian religious days as well as national ones. Summer Day on 14 March is a spring festival that is not religious at all. Independence Day is 28 November.
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Albanian Culture
A culture shaped by mountain isolation, five centuries of Ottoman rule, and fifty years of enforced separation.
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June and September give you the coast without the July–August crush; May and October are the best value; the mountains have a…
Sources
- Wikipedia.
Public holidays in Albania — English Wikipedia
· retrieved 13 Oct 2026
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