Fortress
Ishëm Fortress
🇦🇱 Albania
Ishëm Castle (Albanian:Kalaja e Ishmit) is a castle in Ishëm, Durrës County, Albania. It is located on a hill above the river Ishëm. It was built from 1572 to 1574 by Ottomans to stop the peasant rebellions. The Albanian painter Ibrahim Kodra was buried in front of it.
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Ishëm Fortress ranks #3,035 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #17 of the 17 mapped in Albania. See how Albania compares in the castle statistics.
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