Andrea, a travel blogger has published her new article on her
website www.rearviewmirror.tv about the transformation of Tirana’s
Skanderbeg Square. Her first trip in Tirana, Albania was in 2001, where she
found the main square of the city as "a dark, dingy park crawling with dodgy
looking men with huge rolls of cash stuffed in their trousers".
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| http://www.rearviewmirror.tv/tirana-skanderbeg-square/ |
9 years later she comes back in Tirana and sees a lot of
changes in the capital city, starting from the Skanderbeg Square and the
transformation of the New Bazaar.
“A few years later the park was demolished and a new centre
square arose. Albanian hero Skanderbeg sits proudly on his horse in the centre
and the red and black Albanian flag flies above him. But the square was poorly
designed and executed. Traffic was a problem and the park turned to mud after
rain.
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| http://www.rearviewmirror.tv/tirana-skanderbeg-square/ |
So when the new mayor came into office he quickly set about redesigning
and digging up the old square to construct a shiny new Skanderbeg Square. The
grass has been replaced with stone from around Albania, native trees planted
for a little shade and it appears they actually put drainage pipes in. It’s not
yet finished but it shouldn’t be long now".
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| Photo source: http://www.rearviewmirror.tv/tirana-skanderbeg-square/ |
She writes that along with the new square and cleaner streets there’s the New
Bazaar. "When I was last in Tirana I literally drove through this bazaar,
dodging deep pot holes and stacks of veggies! It was mess back then but now
that it’s renovated it’s nice to see a proper bazaar and market finally worth
visiting in Tirana.”- she said.
See original article: http://www.rearviewmirror.tv/tirana-skanderbeg-square/
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