Tirana City tour from Skopje (with a stop in Ohrid)

The Cathedral is dedicated to the Holy Wisdom, built on the foundations of an early Christian basilica and it was renovated and adorned with frescoes in the time of the archbishop Leo in the period between 1037 and 1056.

Standing alone on a cliff overlooking the Lake of Ohrid, above the fishing settlement of Kaneo, The architecture is a combination of Byzantine and Armenian elements.

Above the entrance of the museum is a large mural mosaic titled The Albanians that depicts purported ancient to modern figures from Albania's history. The museum includes the following pavilions: the Pavilion of Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Independence, Iconography, National Liberation Antifascist War, Communist Terror, and Mother Teresa.

What was once intended to protect Hoxha and his cabinet in the event of a nuclear attack is now a mixed-use art and culture center, but with a keen eye towards preservation and remembrance of the dark years under Hoxha’s rule.