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Albania

Capital: Tirana

  • Maja Jezerce, at 2,694 m in the Accursed Mountains, is the highest peak in the Dinaric Alps.
  • Gjirokastër is nicknamed the City of Stone because many of its old houses have roofs of flat, dressed stone.
  • Butrint began as a Greek port town. Its remains include city walls, a theatre, an agora and early churches. UNESCO listed it in 1992.

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