Artikulli titullohet: Sheshi “i rehatshëm” Skënderbej në Tiranë, ku në fakt përshkruan dhe godinat që ndodhen pjesë e sheshit të madh. “Dikur një vend kaotik, i populluar me makina dhe shumë zhurmë, tashmë është kthyer në një zonë të madhe për këmbësorë, me lulishte rreth e qark sheshit dhe shatërvane për t’u freskuar gjatë verës.
Kudo të
shkosh në Tiranë, të gjitha rrugët të lidhin me sheshin, në qendër të kryeqytetit,
si sheshi më i madh në vend. Ndërtesat simbolike që rrethojnë sheshin janë të
njëjta, por me ndryshimin e pamjes së sheshit, ato dalin më në pah dhe duken më
të bukura”, - shkruan bloggeri dhe fotografi Spanjoll, Rodolfo Contreras.
Shkrimi vijon
më tej me Muzeun Historik Kombëtar, Pallatin e Kulturës dhe Operas, Xhaminë si
dhe Piramidën dhe dy muzeumet Bunk’Art, Bunk’Art 2.
Spanish
traveler blogger writes about his journey in Tirana and its fascination with
Skanderbeg square
A Spanish travel
blogger writes about Tirana and what loved the most. The article entitled: The ‘cozy’
Skanderbeg square of Tirana, which in fact describes also the buildings such as
a museum, opera and mosque that are part of the big square.
“Once a chaotic
place, crowded with cars and noises, now it is transformed into a large
pedestrian zone, cozy, with green spaces and fountains to refresh the from the summer
heat.
Walking and
discovering the Albanian capital, wherever you go, you end up arriving at the
main square of the city. To the center not only of Tirana, but of the country. The
emblematic buildings that surround the square, even being the same as before
the remodeling, now look different’- writes Rodolfo Contreras, the travel
writer & photographer.
Museum,
opera and mosque
The National
Museum of History, with its exhibitions and its "memory" of the
paranoid dictator Hoxha, is one of the emblems of the city but not the only one
in the square. It stands out for the popular mural where the march of the
Albanian history is represented. Without a doubt a good start to discover the
central square of Tirana.
Because of
its meaning and its history, one of the most significant buildings of the
square is its charming Et'hem Bey mosque. It is one of the few Ottoman
buildings remaining in the capital. Closed during the year’s communist regime,
is in operation at present. Religious temple that welcomes visitors with joy,
kindness and that hides some surprising frescoes because of the unusualness of
them in the mosques.
Right beside
him, I climb up to the tall clock tower, from which I stare at the plaza and its
people. Few viewpoints so beautiful in Tirana. There are sunsets that are not
forgotten. See the people pass and enjoy Skanderberg Square from the top of the
Clock Tower is a joy.
The
surroundings of the square have an Italian touch, since during the reign of Zog
(between 1928 and 1939) Italian architects were employed for the planning of
the city. Ministry buildings built during Mussolini's brief control of the
city. Although not in the square itself, we find very close some of the most
extravagant and peculiar buildings of the capital and the country.
Pyramid
and bunkers
We hear
about pyramids and we think about Egypt. It turns out that the Albanian capital
looks a somewhat peculiar: the popular and controversial "Pyramid of
Tirana". Built as a commemorative museum of the dictator Hoxha, it is
waiting to have a function that satisfies the majority (perhaps at this point
its future has already been decided). In my visits, the main function was to
slide.
If the pyramid
appears as something strange in the Albanian capital, no less are its bunkers.
Few things better show the paranoia of Hoxha that its construction by all the
country in forecast of a nuclear attack on the part of some foreign country (or
perhaps of Martians, who knows). At present two of them have become centers of
art and souvenirs from the time of the dictatorship.
The first
Bunk’Art is located on the outskirts of the city, and the second one a few
meters from the main square. These were safe places in the face of an
attack and invasion. Of course, a
refuge that would only serve for the ruling class. The town would be left out.
A town that can now enjoy them.
Bunkart2,
open to the public in 2016, was the former anti-nuclear bunker of the Ministry of
the Interior. Built in the 80s, it is a structure with more than 20 rooms, an
apartment for the minister and an auditorium among many other dependencies. It
is intended through the new use that has been given, to preserve the collective
memory. Going through their dependency we see the history of the Albanian
political police, "Sigurimi" and we get to the idea of the
atrocities committed. The good thing is that life sometimes surprises us for
good. Today the bunker is a museum dedicated to the victims of communist terror
implanted by Hoxha.
Original article: El Viaje de Photographyto
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