Highlands of Gjakova
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The Highlands of Gjakova or Gjakova Highlands, known colloquially as Tropoja, refers to the mountainous ethnographic region in the eastern Albanian Alps that sits between north-eastern Albania and wes
Koshare Peak, Gjakova Highlands
Dragobia, Gjakova Highlands
A photo of a section of the Highlands of Gjakova within Kosovo's border.
The endangered brown bear still survive within the boundaries of the park.
Albanian tribes
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The Albanian tribes form a historical mode of social organization in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized by a common culture, often common patrilineal kinship ties and shared social tie
Highlands of Gjakova
…Mërturi tribes. Traditionally, parts of the Gjakova Highlands that are now located in southern Montenegro were used as pasturelands by the local Albanian tribes. The Highlands of Gjakova are bordered by Kosovo's Plain of Dukagjin to the east, the Fierza Lake to the south, the ethnographic Dukagjin Highlands…
Portraits of Lambro the Suliote, and the old Balouk-Bashee of Dervitziana by Charles Robert Cockerell, published in 1820.
View of Albanian Palikars in Pursuit of an Enemy by Charles Robert Cockerell, published in 1820.
Shkreli tribesmen. Photo taken by William Le Queux before 1906.
A fortified tower (kullë) in Theth used as a safe haven for men involved in blood feuds.