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Durrës is the second largest city of Albania located on the central Albanian coast, about west of the capital Tirana.
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It is 15 kilometres northwest of the city, off the road to Durrës.
Tirana is served by the port of Durrës, 36 km distant from the capital.
There is a dual carriageway connecting the port city of Durrës with Tirana, Vlorë, and partially Kukës.
Durrës is situated at one of the narrower points of the Adriatic Sea, opposite the Italian ports of Bari ( away ) and Brindisi ( away ).
Durrës is home to Albania's main port, the Port of Durrës, and to the newest public university, the Aleksandër Moisiu University.
Torra ( Venetian tower ) as part of Durrës Castle is touristic point.
Durrës is an important link to Western Europe due to its port and its proximity to the Italian port cities, notably Bari, to which daily ferries run.
The average of water temperature in Durrës is from in February to in August.
The city hosts the Durres Ancient City Wall called also Durrës Castle while the largest amphitheatre in the Balkans is located in the city close to the harbour.
Vlorë ( known also by several alternative names ) is one of the biggest towns and the second largest port city of Albania, after Durrës, with a population of 79, 948.
Rinas () is a village in the county of Durrës, Albania, about 25 km Northwest of the capital, Tirana.
The District of Durrës () is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, part of Durrës County.
It is in the west of the country, and its capital is Durrës.
The District of Krujë () is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, part of Durrës County.
Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës or KS Teuta is an Albanian football team, with its base in the city of Durrës.
The County of Durrës () is one of the 12 counties of Albania.
It consists of the districts Durrës and Krujë and its capital is Durrës.
Durrës ' entire western edge is the shoreline of the Adriatic Sea.
The modern city of Durrës is built directly over the ancient site, so it is primarily on the basis of inscriptions and serendipitous finds that some idea of its monuments has been formed.
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Tirana accounted for about 13, 000 of the country's 42, 000 direct lines ; Durrës, the main port city, ranked second with 2, 000 lines ; the rest were concentrated in Shkodër, Elbasan, Vlorë, Gjirokastër, and other towns.
Slaven reached the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2007-08, beating Albanian side KS Teuta Durrës 8-4 on aggregate before being eliminated after a 4-2 aggregate defeat to Turkish club Galatasaray S. K ..
Durrës and city
There were also narratives about other eponymic legendary figures ; according to one version, Ionius was a son of Adrias ( eponymic for the Adriatic Sea ); according to another, Ionius was a son of Dyrrhachus, eponymic for the ancient Greek city of Dyrrhachium ( modern Durrës in Albania ).
The modern names of the city in Albanian ( Durrës ) and Italian ( Durazzo ) are derived from Dyrrachium via intermediate Slavic forms ( Dŭračĭ, modern Drač ), from the era when the city was held by the Serbian and Bulgarian empires.
In 1270's Durrës was again controlled by Nikephoros I Angelos, the son of Despot Michael II who in 1278 was forced to yield the city to Charles d ' Anjou ( Charles I of Sicily ).
The city had been the religious center of the Catholicism after the Anjou were installed in Durrës.
Durrës became a Christian city quite early on ; its bishopric was created around AD 58 and was raised to the status of an archbishopric in 449.
Durrës was an active city in the Albanian national liberation movement in the periods 1878-1881 and 1910-1912.
Bosnia open last year a consulate in Durrës for people with Bosnian origin who live in Shijak city and villages around Koxhas and Borake.
* 150, Ptolemy's map shows the city of Albanopolis ( located Northeast of Durrës ).
In his honour, the drama school of the Academy of Music and Arts in Tirana as well as the university and the city theatre of Durrës were named " Aleksandër Moisiu ".
* Old port city of Durrës ( Dyrrhachium )
The city had about 10, 000 inhabitants ; there was a Catholic parish, which belonged to the Archdiocese of Durrës ; it persisted nominally as a titular see, suffragan of Durrës.
The ancient Greek city of Epidamnos ( Ἐπίδαμνος ) ( Strabo Geography vi. 316 ), later the Roman Dyrrachium ( modern Durrës, Albania, ca.
* In the 2nd century AD, Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer from Alexandria, drafted a map that shows the city of Albanopolis ( located Northeast of Durrës ).
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* 2005 – In Durrës, Albania was founded Aleksander Moisiu University.
Furthermore, the Greeks bombarded and then blockaded the port of Vlorë in Albania on 3 December, and Durrës on 27 February.
In 1271 Charles of Anjou after he captured Durrës from Despotate of Epirus, created the Kingdom of Albania.
In 1204, after Western crusaders sacked Constantinople, Venice won nominal control over Albania and the Epirus region of northern Greece and took possession of Durrës.
Prince William arrived in Albania at his provisional capital of Durrës on 7 March 1914 along with the Royal family.
A delegation sent by a postwar Albanian National Assembly that met at Durrës in December 1918 defended Albanian interests at the Paris Peace Conference, but the conference denied Albania official representation.
A government of young men led by Mehdi Frasheri, an enlightened Bektashi administrator, won a commitment from Italy to fulfill financial promises that Mussolini had made to Albania and to grant new loans for harbor improvements at Durrës and other projects that kept the Albanian government afloat.
Despite some insignificant resistance, especially at Durrës, Italy invaded Albania on 7 April 1939 and took control of the country, with the Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini proclaiming Italy's figurehead King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy as King of Albania.
* 2005 – Aleksandër Moisiu University was open in Durrës, Albania.
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Dyrrhachium, modern Durrës in Albania
* Pal Engjëlli ( 1416-1470 ) was an Albanian Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Durrës and Cardinal of Albania who in 1462 wrote the first known sentence in Albanian.
* 1272 – Charles I of Anjou, King of Naples, occupies Durrës in Albania and establishes an Albanian kingdom.
During this time, the definition of Epirus came to encompass the entire coastal region from the Ambracian Gulf to Dyrrachium ( modern-day Durrës, in Albania ).
* Charles I of Anjou, King of Naples, occupies Durrës in Albania and establishes an Albanian kingdom.
He was cooperating with the Balkan League after the Balkan Wars and established a state in central Albania, based in Durrës, called the Republic of Central Albania.
Durrës served as Albania's national capital from 7 March 1914 until 11 February 1920 during the reign of William of Albania in Principality of Albania.
On November 29, 1912 Durrës became the county town of the Durrës County () one of the counties of the Kingdom of Serbia established on the part of the territory of Albania occupied from Ottoman Empire.
William, Prince of Albania and his wife Princess Sophie of Albania arriving in Durrës, the capital of Albania on 7 March 1914.
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