Lekuresi Castle - Kalaja e Lëkurësi

Lekuresi Castle - Kalaja e Lëkurësi, Sarande, Vlore County, Republic of Albania.

   Lekursi Castle was built in 1537 by the Ottoman emperor Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, when he attacked Corfu and needed control over the harbor and the Saranda-Butrint road. With its strategic location, the castle offered protection against the Venetians and held a garrison of about 200 soldiers. The castle, which used to inhabit the village of Lëkurës, was raided under the attack by Ali Pasha of Tepelena in the 18th century and has been abandoned ever since 1878.

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