Rozafa Castle
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Rozafa Castle or Shkodër Castle is a castle in the city of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It rises imposingly on a rocky hill, 130 metres above sea level, surrounded by the Buna and Drin rivers. Sh
Rozafa Castle
Life sized sculpture of Rozafa half buried in the wall, by Skender Kraja, Museum of Rozafa Castle.
Central part of the castle
Inside the castle
The Building of Skadar
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The Building of Skadar or The Walling of the Skadar or The Founding of Skadar is a poem of the pre-Kosovo cycle of Serbian epic poetry. It is based on the motif of human sacrifice.
Rozafa Castle
…stone and the castle flourish. May my son become a great hero, ruler of the world. A well known version of the legend is the Serbian epic poem called The Building of Skadar (Зидање Скадра, Zidanje Skadra) published by Vuk Karadžić in 1815, after he recorded a folk song sung by a Herzegovinian storyteller named Old Rashko…
Life sized sculpture of half-immured women, the Rozafa Castle museum
The castle in Shkodër (Skadar) and Bojana river