Krujë

Kruje, also spelled Kruja in English, is a city in in the highlands just north of . Kruja has a long list of attractions to offer tourists from the ancient castle nestled in the craggy rocks, two museums, stunning views, a nearby national park, sacred temples, natural springs, the ancient city ruins of Albanopolis, and the old bazaar.
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  • Type: Town with 11,700 residents
  • Description: town in north central Albania
  • Also known as: “Akçehisar”, “Krna”, “Kroïa”, “Kroya”, “Krue”, “Krueja”, and “Kruja”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skanderbeg Museum and Krujë Castle.

Museum
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National History Museum "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu", also known as the or the Kruja Museum, is located in Krujë and is one of the most important and visited museums in .

Photo: AgronBeqiriPh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fortress of Krujë is a fortress in the city of Krujë, and the center of Skanderbeg's rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. Inside the fortress is the Teqe of Dollme of the Bektashi, the National , the remains of the and its minaret, an ethnographic museum and a Turkish bath.

Museum
Photo: Andisrado, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Krujë

Latitude
41.5113° or 41° 30′ 41″ north
Longitude
19.7929° or 19° 47′ 34″ east
Population
11,700
Elevation
509 metres (1,670 feet)
Open location code
8FHXGQ6V+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 503689082
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3185082
Wiki­data ID
Q194164
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Krujë” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Krujë”
  • Albanian: “Kruja”
  • Albanian: “Krujë”
  • Arabic: “آقجة حصار”
  • Arabic: “آقچة حصار”
  • Arabic: “كرويه”
  • Armenian: “Կրույե”
  • Asturian: “Krujë”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kruya”
  • Belarusian: “Круя”
  • Bulgarian: “Круя”
  • Catalan: “Croia”
  • Catalan: “Krujë”
  • Cebuano: “Krujë (kapital sa distrito sa Albanya)”
  • Cebuano: “Krujë”
  • Chinese: “克魯亞”
  • Chinese: “克魯耶”
  • Chinese: “克鲁亚”
  • Croatian: “Kruj”
  • Croatian: “Kruja”
  • Croatian: “Kruje”
  • Croatian: “Krujë”
  • Czech: “Krujë”
  • Danish: “Kruja”
  • Danish: “Kruje”
  • Danish: “Krujë”
  • Dutch: “Akcahisar”
  • Dutch: “Akçahisar”
  • Dutch: “Croia”
  • Dutch: “Kruja”
  • Dutch: “Krujë”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كرويه”
  • Esperanto: “Kruja”
  • Esperanto: “Kruje”
  • Finnish: “Kruja”
  • Finnish: “Krujë”
  • French: “Kruja”
  • French: “Kruje”
  • French: “Krujë”
  • Georgian: “კრუია”
  • German: “Kroja”
  • German: “Kruja”
  • German: “Kruje”
  • German: “Krujë”
  • Greek: “Κροΐα”
  • Greek: “Κρούγια”
  • Hebrew: “קרויה”
  • Hungarian: “Kruja”
  • Hungarian: “Krujë”
  • Ido: “Krujë”
  • Indonesian: “Krujë”
  • Irish: “Krujë”
  • Italian: “Croia”
  • Italian: “Kruja”
  • Italian: “Kruje”
  • Italian: “Krujë”
  • Japanese: “クルヤ”
  • Kongo: “Krujë”
  • Korean: “크루여”
  • Latin: “Croae”
  • Latin: “Croia”
  • Latin: “Eriboea”
  • Lithuanian: “Kruja”
  • Lithuanian: “Kruje”
  • Lithuanian: “Krujė”
  • Lombard: “Cròia”
  • Lombard: “Krujë”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Krujë”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Kruja”
  • Macedonian: “Кроја”
  • Macedonian: “Круја”
  • Maltese: “Krujë”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kruja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krujë”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krujë”
  • Norwegian: “Krujë”
  • Persian: “کرویه”
  • Polish: “Kruja”
  • Portuguese: “Cruja”
  • Portuguese: “Krujë”
  • Romanian: “Kruja”
  • Russian: “Круя”
  • Serbian: “Kroja”
  • Serbian: “Кроја”
  • Serbian: “Круја”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kroja”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kruja”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krujë”
  • Slovak: “Krujë”
  • Slovenian: “Kruja”
  • Slovenian: “Krujë”
  • Spanish: “Kruje”
  • Spanish: “Krujë”
  • Swahili: “Krujë”
  • Swedish: “Kroja”
  • Swedish: “Kruja”
  • Swedish: “Krujë”
  • Swiss German: “Kruja”
  • Tatar: “Kruya”
  • Tatar: “Круе”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kruja”
  • Tumbuka: “Krujë”
  • Turkish: “Akçahisar”
  • Ukrainian: “Круя”
  • Urdu: “کرویہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Krujë”
  • Volapük: “Kruja”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Krujë”
  • Welsh: “Krujë”
  • Western Panjabi: “کرویہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “克鲁亚”
  • “Kruja”
  • “Krujë”

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