Gjirokastër

E281087
city municipality

Gjirokastër is a historic stone-built city in southern Albania, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved Ottoman-era architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Gjirokastër canonical 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode +355 84 ⓘ
capitalOf Gjirokastër County ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 40.075 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 20.138 ⓘ
country Albania ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType county capital ⓘ
developedSignificantlyDuring Ottoman Empire ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 230 km south of Tirana ⓘ
elevation approximately 300 m ⓘ
foundedInPeriod medieval period ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Gjirokastër ⓘ
hasFestival National Folklore Festival of Gjirokastër ⓘ
hasLandmark Ethnographic Museum of Gjirokastër ⓘ
Gjirokastër Castle ⓘ
Gjirokastër Old Bazaar ⓘ
Skenduli House ⓘ
Zekate House ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasUniversity Eqrem Çabej University of Gjirokastër ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalRegion Epirus ⓘ
knownFor historic old town ⓘ
stone-built houses ⓘ
well-preserved Ottoman-era architecture ⓘ
locatedIn southern Albania ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Gjirokastër County ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Mali i Gjerë ⓘ
nearBorderWith Greece ⓘ
nickname City of Stone ⓘ
notablePersonBornHere Enver Hoxha ⓘ
Ismail Kadare ⓘ
officialLanguage Albanian language ⓘ
surface form: Albanian
overlooksRiver Drino River valley ⓘ
partOf Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastër ⓘ
population approximately 20,000 ⓘ
postalCode 6001 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
transportConnection SH4 highway ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 569bis ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2005 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Enver Hoxha → birthPlace → Gjirokastër ⓘ
Saranda → connectedTo → Gjirokastër ⓘ
Tosk region → hasCity → Gjirokastër ⓘ
Gjirokastër County → capital → Gjirokastër ⓘ
Gjirokastër County → containsCity → Gjirokastër ⓘ
Greek–Albanian border → passesNearCity → Gjirokastër ⓘ