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The town of Berat is located in Eastern Albania
It is a Museum town with a population of around 60.000

 

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You have been to Berat Mila?? :eek2:
I am totally surprised.
Where else in Albania did you visit?

Thank you for the great photos

 

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We drove south, took the long way. I saw a lot of Albania, actually. I don't remember which city was which most of the time - but Berat and Gjirokastra I remember - I even used Gjirokastra in the "Guess this City" thread - hehehe.

You came from Montenegro?
Did you visit Saranda? .... that's a cool place

 

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OK, it's absolutely official. If Mila doesn't have pictures of a city or town, it doesn't exist.

No joke
I started laughing when i read that she had been to Berat :hahaha:
Berat is such an old city really , easily 2000 years old
It is heavily influenced with bizantine architecture
Great town in my opinion and i dont mean beautie wise but just being around it , not to mention that the highest mountain in Albania is located in this area :cheers:

 

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Because the egg shell hat is a geg tradition
Central and southern albanians dont wear that type of hat
Only certain places in the north of the country bordering Kosovo wear it
And , the hat is part of the traditional costume for the area but people in Kosovo still wear them in everyday life
It's like scotish people wearing kilts in the middle of Glasgow
I dont think they do wear them kilts on a regular basis :runaway:

 

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The hat that the guy on the horse has on is the most common hat wore in Albania
Enver Hoxha had a personal collection of those types of hats and is seen in many photos with them on
It is a communist fashion hat , resembles the chinese that use exactly these types of hats

 

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Berat 2005

Photos of Berat from 2005

 

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Np
As always, you can only find this stuff here on SSC
The bridge was renovated i believe, it looked a bit different before i think.