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Albania Europe's forgotten country(10 images)
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Photographs from modern Albania, Tirana, Kruja, Bajram Curi and Korce.
  • A man carries boxes in an old market in Korce, Albania. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • Boys slide on the Pyramid in Tirana, the capital of Albania. The Pyramid was built as a museum for the Albanian communist dictator Enver Hoxha, costing $700 million. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • The view of the Albanian Alps landscape in Drogobi, northern Albania. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • A Gypsy girl and her toy in poor neighborhood in Korce, Albania. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • The Soldier statue honors those who gave their lives fighting fascists, in the center of Tirana, the capital of Albania. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • Two men play dominoes in a 200-year-old hotel, the Elbasanit, in Korce. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • A new-rich man in his Mercedes smokes cigarette. Under the communist dictator Enver Hoxa it was forbidden to own private car, presently the car of choice for majority of Albanians is old Mercedes Benz. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • Two boys are bored, sitting by a billiard table in a local bar in Voskopoje, Albania. In the eighteenth century Voskopoje was flourishing. It had the first printing-house in the Balkans, 24 churches and almost 30000 houses. Now Voskopoje is simply a small village. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • Two horses in the Albanian Alps in Drogobi, northern Albania. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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  • A rainbow sweeps over the old town of Gjirokaster in southern Albania. Gjirokaster and its houses with stone roofs is on UNESCO's World Heritage List.. Albania is one of the poorest European countries, suffering from almost 50 years of international isolation due to a totalitarian regime under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, and a series of political decisions that led to Albania's economic breakdown in 1997. Presently the country is slowly recovering and is aspiring to membership in the European Union. ..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST........ By photographer Bartek Wrzesniowski
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