TIRANA, September 9/ATA/- In the Southern Albanian city of Gjirokastra, there is restoration work underway for preservation and maintenance of characteristic houses that have a history and value for the city itself and for the visitors.
The workers of Gjirokastra Regional Directorate of National Culture recently intervened at the “Vebiu” house in the “Old Bazaar” neighborhood (monument of category ll) which had problems with its frontal shelter.
Given that this house has cultural values and is located in a visible part, the employees of the Regional Directorate of National Culture intervened to restore it into its original shape.
Gjirokastra dwellings consist of a special type in the typology of the late medieval Albanian and Balkan dwellings and play an important role in the physiognomy of the city.
Gjirokastra numbers 56 houses classified as first class monuments of culture, 502 second category houses and many other complexes with historical, architectural and cultural values./a.a/ /a.g/p.s./
