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Albania: Portrait of a Country in Transition
Clarissa De Waal
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Description for Albania: Portrait of a Country in Transition
Hardback. Albania is one of the youngest European states and the last country to emerge from the collapse of Ottoman Turkish power at the beginning of the 20th century. This guide provides an introduction to 50 of Albania's archaeological sites, enabling visitors to enjoy the best-known sites, but also to venture out to the more remote monuments. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 924.
Albania is one of the youngest European states and the last country to emerge from the collapse of Ottoman Turkish power at the beginning of the 20th century. Underlying Albania's often-turbulent history is an extraordinary archaeological heritage of international significance, the evidence of which is to be found everywhere in the cities and countryside, hills and mountains. Each year, thousands of tourists visit Albania, drawn primarily to the vast archaeological site at Butrint - now almost forgotten, but viewed by historians as the Marseilles of its time as late as the Middle Ages - but also experiencing a number of ... Read more
Albania is one of the youngest European states and the last country to emerge from the collapse of Ottoman Turkish power at the beginning of the 20th century. Underlying Albania's often-turbulent history is an extraordinary archaeological heritage of international significance, the evidence of which is to be found everywhere in the cities and countryside, hills and mountains. Each year, thousands of tourists visit Albania, drawn primarily to the vast archaeological site at Butrint - now almost forgotten, but viewed by historians as the Marseilles of its time as late as the Middle Ages - but also experiencing a number of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780760698
SKU
V9781780760698
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About Clarissa De Waal
Oliver Gilkes is Senior Research Associate at the Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia. He has worked extensively on the excavations at Butrint and in collaboration with The Butrint Foundation.
Reviews for Albania: Portrait of a Country in Transition
'Albania and its marvellous archaeology remained a mystery to us until 20 years ago. Now, with this ground-breaking guidebook, Oliver Gilkes describes not only the well-known archaeological 'jewels' like Apollonia and Butrint, but also myriad unknown places that are no less fascinating and well worth visiting. This book is a first for the Balkans and its author is to be ... Read more