Berat

Berat, Albania

Before we start to describe the city of Berat we have to stay that Berat is among the most beautiful ones and the city that can not be side lived, and you nee to visit it. Like a trademark of the city of Berat and the most striking feature is the rising up the hill up to the castle the collection of white houses from the time of Ottoman perandory giving to the Berat the name : the town with thousand windows.


The city of Berat is very old. In the 3rd century B.C. on Illyrian for tress called Antipatria was built on the site of on even earlier settlement in that area. A location and beauty of this town was a target for many enquires who wanted to have this magnificent town starting from Byzantines, Bulgarians, Serbs, and Ottomans who managed to take Berat. For a short time Berat even was a capital of Albania, liberated Albania in 1944


More about Albania...