UNESCO WHS - Museum-City of Gjirokastra Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra - Museum-City of Gjirokastra Gjirokastra is inscribed as rare examples of an architectural character typical of the Ottoman period. Gjirokastra, in the Drinos river valley in southern Albania, features a series of outstanding two-story houses which were developed in the 17th century. The town also retains a bazaar, an 18th-century mosque and two churches of the same period. UNESCO World Heritage Site in Albania Name: Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra Site: Museum-City of Gjirokastra Location: Gjirokastër County Inscription: 2005 Category: Cultural (iii)(iv) Unesco Ref: 569-001