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• History of Christianization of Europe
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Photo gallery of Albania, Europe's only Muslim culture
by James Mayfield (Chairman, European Heritage Library)

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This is a rare inside experience into Albania, a strange European country like no other, with a bizarre language of its own, as Europe's second-poorest nation and the continent's only Muslim culture, populating Albania and Kosovo. To read the essay from my inside experience, click here. The photos were taken by me during my 2007 vacation.



Enver Hoxha, the communist dictator who ruled Albania for decades


the city of Sarande from above.


the broken houses from above the backdrop of the lush valley.


a dilapidated housing tract.


a bored Albanian man near a broken-down house.


a traditional Albanian home.


the town center over the destroyed synagogue from the Roman period.


Skanderbeg, Albania's Christian defender against the Jihad


one of Albania's few churches after the Turkish Jihad and Communist periods.


the town's sole notable mosque. Sunni and quite plain.


the Albanian sunken toilet, Turkish-inspired.


dilapidated Albanian housing.


an Albanian "family" pillbox bunker.


the beautiful Blue Eye spring.


clothes hanging to dry atop a broken and ruined home.

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

James Mayfield is the owner and Chairman of the European Heritage Library. I am working for a doctorate in history, with a specific emphasis on Islamic and European histories. I am well versed in all world cultures, ethnicities, religions, languages, politics, and historical evolution in relation to and against each other.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES USED:

None used for this article (personal experience & photographs).


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