Durrës
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Durrës is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 ye
Panorama of Durres Port
Amphitheatre of Durrës 2013 09 005
Torra ne Durres
Albanian College of Durres
Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
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The Battle of Dyrrhachium took place on October 18, 1081 between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia an
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…throne. Dyrrachium was lost in February 1082 when Alexios I Komnenos was defeated by the Normans under Robert Guiscard and his son Bohemund in the Battle of Dyrrhachium. Byzantine control was restored a few years later, but the Normans under Bohemund returned to besiege it in 1107–08, and sacked it again in 1185 under…
Coin of Robert Guiscard.
A manuscript depicting Alexios.
The Varangian Guard.