Albania Sketchbook - Flipbook - Page 5
*of whom more later
Tirana is a city in a
hurry. Most cities are
I suppose.
Tirana9s population
has grown from
225,000 in 1992 to
almost 800,000.
Construction work
everywhere. The
locals refer to noise
and disruption as
8the Tirana piano9.
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Tour Guide Oliver
Gilkes* expands on the
city9s many virtues,
Ottoman, and the work
of King Zog, the Italian
invasion (architectural)
in the 1920 and 309s.
Mussolini secured his
own boulevard in 1940.
After WW2 this became
Boulevard Stalin, now it
takes is original name
Boulevard Zog
