Tepelena Camp
Tepelena Camp is a monument in Bashkia e Tepelenës, Tepelene, Gjirokastër County. Tepelena Camp is situated nearby to the museum Tepelenë internment camp (1949–1954), as well as near the sports venue Stadiumi Sabaudin Shehu.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tepelenë internment camp (1949–1954).
Tepelenë internment camp (1949–1954)
Museum
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The Tepelenë Internment Camp or Tepelenë Camp was an internment camp in Tepelenë, Gjirokastër County, Albania, that was used by the People's Socialist Republic of Albania and modeled after the Soviet Union’s kolkhoz, in which convicts, fugitives, and deserters alike were imprisoned.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damës and Memaliaj.
Damës
Village
Damës is a village in the former Memaliaj Fshat municipality, Gjirokastër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Memaliaj. Damës is situated 4 km north of Tepelena Camp.
Memaliaj
Town
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Memaliaj is a town and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Buz, Krahës, Luftinjë, Memaliaj, Memaliaj Fshat and Qesarat, that became municipal units. Memaliaj is situated 6 km northwest of Tepelena Camp.
Lekël
Village
Lekël is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë. Lekël was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the possession of the House of Muçohysaj the ancestral house of Ali Pasha. Lekël is situated 7 km southeast of Tepelena Camp.
Tepelena Camp
- Type: Monument
- Also known as: “Kampi i Tepelenës”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Bashkia e Tepelenës, Tepelene, Gjirokastër County, Southeastern Albania, Albania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.29991° or 40° 17′ 60″ northLongitude
20.01558° or 20° 0′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8GG272X8+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 6572755486OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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