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Detailed Information
- Place Types Library
- Address Sheshi Skënderbej, Tirana 1000, Albania
- Coordinate 41.3289119,19.8195047
- Website Unknown
- Rating 4
- Compound Code 8RH9+HR Tirana, Albania
Openning hours
- Monday 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Tuesday 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Wednesday 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Thursday 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Friday 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Saturday 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Sunday Closed
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The Palace of Culture of Tirana (Albanian: Pallati i Kulturës) was built on the Pazari i Vjeter area of Tirana by request of Enver Hoxha. For this construction, both the old bazaar and the historic mosque of Mahmud Muhsin Bey Stërmasi were destroyed under the rulership of the Albanian Labour Party in adherence to the communist country's declaration of state atheism. The Ottoman mosque had been built from 1837 to 1840 and had a tiled roof as well as a striking minaret with a sherefe. The first stone of the new building was symbolically put by Nikita Khrushchev in 1959. The work was finished in 1963. The architecture is very similar to many communist era social buildings in Eastern Europe. There have been virtually no renovations to the building since its construction. The Palace of Culture includes the National Library of Albania and the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania
This building has significant elements from the Palace of Congress in Rome and the building of Finland Station in St. Petersburg. It was finished in 1963.
Within it there are some of the most important institutions of the social and cultural life of the capital, such as the National Theater of Opera and Ballet and the National Library.
It's just amazing!
Nikita Khrushchev laid the first stone of this "palace" during a visit in Albania in 1959. The building was finished four years later. Today it houses the National Library as well as the national Theater of Opera and Ballet, The architecture reminds you of many communist-era buildings spread throughout Eastern Europe.
OK but needs work. Given the culture this has so much potential.
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