Bashkia Berat
Berat is a city in Albania. In 2008 it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as it is a rare example of a well-preserved Ottoman city. It is one of the country's most beautiful cities, and is known as the "city of a thousand windows".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Berat Castle and Onufri Iconographic Museum.
Berat Castle
Photo: Terfili, Public domain.
Berat Castle, also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat, Albania. It dates mainly from the 13th century and contains many Byzantine-era Albanian Orthodox churches in the area and Ottoman-era mosques.
Onufri Iconographic Museum
Museum
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Onufri Iconographic Museum is an Albanian national museum dedicated to Byzantine art and iconography in Berat, Albania. The museum is located inside the Church of the Dormition of St Mary in the castle quarter Berat.
Lead Mosque
Mosque
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lead Mosque, also known as the Izgurli Mosque, is a mosque located in the city of Berat, in the Berat County, south-central Albania. The mosque is named from the lead coating of its sphere-shaped domes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dushnik and Orizaj.
Dushnik
Village
Dushnik is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Berat. Dushnik is situated 4 km north of Bashkia Berat.
Orizaj
Village
Orizaj is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Berat. Orizaj is situated 5 km north of Bashkia Berat.
Bashkia Berat
- Location: Berat County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.7° or 40° 41′ 60″ northLongitude
19.9498° or 19° 56′ 59″ eastPopulation
60,000Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)Open location code
8FGXMWXX+XWGeoNames ID
10944368
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In Other Languages
“Bashkia Berat” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bashkia Berat”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bashkia Berat”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.