Berat Albania, National Geographic 1931
Berat Albania,[1]
Berati's citadel crowns the upper Town
To the modern seeker for the unusual along geographic byways, this old stronghold serves as a colorful reminder of Albania's turbulent past, when now Sicily and Naples, now Turkey, Austria, and Italy, flung their banners from its walls.
Photograph by Franz Bespaletz. © National Geographic Society 1931.
House-terraced hillsides overlook Berati’s Fertile valley
Althoug Roman, Byzantine, Norman and Turk successivley occupiued Albania, their hill-fortresses are to day bleared ruins, while its people remain singularly unchanged. Byron compared the Albanians to the equally tenacious Highlanders of Scotland.
Natural Color Photograph by Luigi Pellerano. © National Geographic Society 1931.
A bridge of many arches spans the Osum at Berati
Only two of Albania's rivers are navigable, their descent from mountains to sea being too swift. The Osum waters a fertile region of the South, where the olive and the fig tree, the vine and the tabacco plant, flourish.
Photograph by Franz Bespaletz. © National Geographic Society 1931.
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