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Description |
Year Taken |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Byzantine structure. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Helveti Teqe |
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The Helveti Teqe is a 14th century meeting house for a Dervish sect. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Helveti Teqe |
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The courtyard of the Teqe. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Helveti Teqe |
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The Sultan Mosque is attached to Helveti Teqe. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Helveti Teqe |
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The entrance. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Helveti Teqe |
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The interior is painted and has wooden balconies. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Helveti Teqe |
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Decorated ceiling. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Ottoman houses on a hillside. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Houses on the hillside. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Turkey seller. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Ottoman houses and shops. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Leaden Mosque |
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The 16th century Ottoman style Leaden Mosque is named after its lead dome. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Leaden Mosque |
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The entrance to the mosque. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Typical street. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Narrow streets among the Ottoman houses in the Muslim quarter of the town. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Wooden door. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Batchelors Mosque |
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The Batchelors Mosque. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
Batchelors Mosque |
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Decoration on the external walls. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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View of Mangalem district. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Ottoman houses. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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The main road. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Hillside houses. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Street scene. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Hillside with Ottoman houses and topped by the citadel. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Hillside houses. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Mangalem |
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Hillside houses. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
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A lone fisherman on the Osumi River. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
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The Osumi River at Berati. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
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Hills near the town. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
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The town is in the mountains by a river. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
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St Thomas Church on the Gorica hillside of Berati. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
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The central hill with St Michael's Chapel. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
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River view. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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The 14th century fortifications of the citadel. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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The walls of the hilltop Kalasa district. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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The hilltop citadel district of Berati is called Kalasa. It is surrounded by a wall and is mainly Christian. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
St Theodor's Church |
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The stone 14th century St Theodor's Church is Orthodox. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
St Theodor's Church |
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Rear view of the church. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Young boy in the town. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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The narrow streets of the Christian district. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Dormiton of St Mary |
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The Dormiton of St Mary is the largest church on the citadel. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Dormiton of St Mary |
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The entrance. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Dormiton of St Mary |
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The church (1797) has a bell tower and a colonaded cloister. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Dormiton of St Mary |
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The iconostasis has lamps made from ostrich eggs. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Dormiton of St Mary |
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Ostrich eggs. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Dormiton of St Mary |
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The church has a collection of Orthodox icons. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Dormiton of St Mary |
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Icon. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Dormiton of St Mary |
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Wall painting. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Laceware. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Stone streets and buildings. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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The spectacular walls. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Mountain views from the citadel. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Typical street in Kalasa. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Red roof houses. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Flower decked house. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Orange trees. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Brickwork. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Steep alleyway. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Steep road. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Steep street scene. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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St Nicholas Church dates from the 13th century. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Woman at her front door. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Wooden awning. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Steep cobbled street. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Group of houses. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Stone red roofed houses in Kalasa. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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The walls of Kalasa. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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View from the hill. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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Old city walls. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
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The 13th century stone church of St Mary Blachernae. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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The entrance to the Acropolis which is a walled area of the walled upper city. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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The Acropolis is the highest point of Kalasa. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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Arch. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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The Church of the Holy Trinity. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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Buildings in the Acropolis, highest point in Kalasa, itself in a walled citadel. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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The walls overlooking the city. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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The walls. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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Two walls. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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View of the Christian quarter from the Acropolis. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Berati |
Kalasa |
Acropolis |
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View of the valley. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Shkodra |
Lezha |
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Lezha Fort was founded by Greeks in 385 BCE. On the left is the Skanderbeg Memorial. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Shkodra |
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Rozafa Fortress dates from the 4th century BCE. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Shkodra |
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The centre of Shkodra, a border town near the lake of the same name and close to Montenegro. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Shkodra |
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The town centre is dominated by the Ebu Bekr Mosque. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Shkodra |
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Mountains and river. |
2006 |
Albania |
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Shkodra |
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Fertile landscape near the border with Montenegro. |
2006 |