Gjirokastër from the Bazaar to the Tower Houses and Fortress
A walking route through Gjirokastër to understand its tower houses, bazaar and fortress, with practical attention to steep slopes, cobblestones and changing opening hours.
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Zekate House offers a close look at the scale and architecture of a Balkan kullë, with stone walls, lower service and defensive levels, and upper rooms designed for receiving guests.
The place
What makes it special
- Its composition reveals the exterior scale of a tower house.
- The upper rooms were designed for receiving guests.
- Built in the early 19th century for the Zeko family.
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- whc.unesco.org
- whc.unesco.org
- visit-gjirokastra.com
- www.gjirokastra.org
- gjirokastra.org
- whc.unesco.org
- visit-gjirokastra.com
- whc.unesco.org
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q222
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1655535
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1576577
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q107182203
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q932378
- Albania · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Albania · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Albania · DBpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · DBpedia
- Gjirokastër · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Zekate House, Rruga Mazllëm Shazivari, Gjirokastra, Bashkia Gjirokastër, Gjirokastër County, 6001, Albania · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
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Profile updated: 28/09/2026