The League of Lezhë, also commonly referred to as the Albanian League, was a military and diplomatic alliance of the Albanian aristocracy, created in the city of Lezhë on 2 March 1444. The League of L
Gjergj Kastrioti known as Skanderbeg, the ruler of Albania from 1444-1468.
League of Lezhë painting in the Skanderbeg Museum in Krujë.
15th-century Flag of Albania
Albanian assault on an Ottoman encampment in the Battle of Albulena
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
League of Lezhë
…or "whole council"); the term "League of Lezhë" was coined by subsequent historians. Background Gjergj Kastrioti known as Skanderbeg, the ruler of Albania from 1444-1468. When Ottoman forces entered Albania, they were faced with various Albanian principalities. The first battle against the Ottoman forces…
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.