🇦🇱 Albania
18 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Durrës Castle, 1 km south of the city centre; the most famous is Rozafa Fortress — #378 of 7,738 worldwide — 82 km north. The oldest dated site in the circle is Kanina Fortress, founded c. 250 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Albania (16), Montenegro (2).
1 km south · Castle
Durrës Castle is the fortified old city of Durrës, Albania. It is enclosed by city walls built in the late 5th century, and repaired and reinforced…
23 km north-east · Fortress
The Prezë Castle is a medieval castle in Prezë, Albania. The mosque inside the castle, built in the 1500s, is one of the oldest mosques in Albania.
36 km north-east · Fortress
The Fortress of Krujë is a fortress in the city of Krujë, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg's rebellion against the Ottoman Empire.
30 km south · Ruin
The Fortress of Bashtovë, also known in medieval times as Breg, Briego or Vrego is a medieval quadrangular fortress located close to the outflow of…
35 km east · Fortress
Petrelë Castle is a castle in Petrelë, central Albania. Its history dates back to the 6th century, when it was built by the Byzantine emperor…
31 km east · Fortress
Fortress of Justinian or simply known as Tirana Castle is a castle in Tirana, Albania.
55 km north · Ruin
The Lezhë Castle is a castle dominating the city of Lezhë, northern Albania. Its highest point is 186 metres.
30 km north · Fortress
The Rodoni Castle or Skanderbeg Castle is a castle in Albania. Rodoni Castle is at an elevation of 1 metre. Rodoni Castle is on the Cape of Rodon.
28 km north-east · Fortress
Ishëm Castle is a castle in Ishëm, Durrës County, Albania. It is located on a hill above the river Ishëm.
82 km north · Ruin · #378 worldwide
Rozafa Castle or Shkodër Castle is a castle in the city of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania.
79 km south-east · Fortress
Berat Castle, also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat, Albania.
97 km south · Fortress
Kaninë Castle is a castle in the village Kaninë near Vlorë, in southwestern Albania.
62 km north-east · Castle
Buragajet Castle, or Castle Burgajeti, was a large fortified house, located in Burgajet in northern Mat, Albania.
71 km north · Castle
The Ulcinj Castle or Ulcinj Old Town is an ancient castle and neighborhood in Ulcinj, Montenegro.
91 km north · Ruin
Drisht Castle is a ruined castle above the modern Albanian village of Drisht, medieval Drivastum, in the municipal unit Postribë, Shkodër County,…
79 km north · Fortress
Dagnum was a town, bishopric and important medieval fortress located on the territory of present-day Albania, which has been under Albanian, Serbian,…
99 km north · Ruin
Haj-Nehaj is a fortress in Montenegro, about 1 km north-west of Sutomore. The fortress lies at an altitude of 231 m above sea level.
88 km south-east · Castle
Tomornitsa, also known by the Bulgarian names Koprinista and Pronista, is an ancient fortress and an ex post facto Bulgarian fortress.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q83285.
The Castlemap atlas maps 18 landmarks (4 castles · 9 fortresses · 5 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Durrës, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Durrës Castle, a castle 1 km south of the city centre.
Rozafa Fortress, ranked #378 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 82 km north from Durrës.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Kanina Fortress, founded c. 250 BC — 97 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Tirana (31 km) · Shkodër (84 km) · Vlorë (96 km) · Podgorica (126 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
