Prezë Fortress

The Prezë Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Prezës) is a medieval castle in Prezë, Albania. The mosque inside the castle, built in the 1500s, is one of the oldest mosques in Albania.

Preza Castle was built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great in the 550s.

The castle overlooks the village with the same name and is located on a hilltop. The castle was enlarged by a construction which started in the 14th century and was completed in the early 15th century and belonged to the Thopias, a local Albanian feudal family. During 1443-1468 it was one of the core strongholds of the Albanian resistance against the Ottoman Empire led by Skanderbeg.

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Prezë Fortressは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,772位（全3,734件中）、アルバニアの17件では14位にランクされています。約555年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の98%より古い城です（6世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の8件のひとつ）。アルバニアが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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