Albanian cuisine
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Albanian cuisine is a representative of the cuisine of the Mediterranean. It is also an example of the Mediterranean diet based on the importance of olive oil, fruits, vegetables, and fish. The cookin
Citrus fruits are mostly cultivated in the south of Albania.
Breakfast in Albania
Garlic is popular throughout the country.
Albanian olive gatherers by American artist John Singer Sargent.
Albania
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Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with
Albanian cuisine
…vegetable fat in Albanian cooking, produced since antiquity throughout the country particularly along the coasts. Hospitality is a fundamental custom of Albanian society and serving food is integral to the hosting of guests and visitors. It is not infrequent for visitors to be invited to eat and drink with locals…
The remains of the Kamenica Tumulus in the county of Korçë
Founded in the 4th century BC, the city of Scodra was the capital of the Illyrian kingdom of Ardiaei and Labeatae.
Apollonia was an important Greek colony on the Illyrian coast along the Adriatic Sea and one of the western points of the Via Egnatia route, which connected Rome and Constantinople.
The town of Krujë was the capital of the Principality of Arbanon in the Middle Ages.