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Tag: History

Fort Vrmac

4. January 2021 Simon Montenegro Leave a comment

The great powers in Europe had already fought each other before the First World War. A relic of this period is Fort Vrmac at the coast of Montenegro.

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The Titan Missile Museum in Arizona

10. July 2020 Simon United States of America One comment

Since the 1960s the nuclear powers are aiming intercontinental missiles at each other. At the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona you can have a look at one of them.

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Aircraft graveyards and museums in Arizona

4. December 2019 Simon United States of America Leave a comment

Arizona is the second-driest US state. The winters are mild, the summers extremely hot. Best conditions for… aircraft graveyards and open-air museums!

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Albania’s South

7. July 2019 Simon Albania Leave a comment

The south is the most beautiful part of Albania. Between Vlorë, Berat and Sarandë there’s the sea, mountains, villages, national parks and beaches.

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The abandoned Power Plant in Fier

26. June 2019 Simon Albania 2 comments

The power plant in Fier was the largest combined heat and power plant in all of Albania. Operations ceased more then ten years ago, and now it is rotting away.

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Albanias Bunkers

11. June 2019 Simon Albania Leave a comment

Albania’s dictator Hoxha ordered the construction of 750,000 bunkers to protect the country. About 170,000 were built. Most are still in place and rotting away.

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Krujë, the home of Skanderbeg

4. June 2019 Simon Albania Leave a comment

In the town of Krujë everything is about Albanian national hero Skanderbeg. Not just the museum, but even the mountains are named after him 🙂

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Tirana

21. May 2019 Simon Albania Leave a comment

Until almost 100 years ago Tirana only had a few thousand inhabitants, but under the Communist Regime it grew to half a million people.

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Welcome to… Albania

14. May 2019 Simon Albania Leave a comment

Albania doesn’t make the list of the most popular travel destinations. But we had no problems finding enough to do for two weeks!

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