Tourist visits to the Castle of Argjiro during the month of October have been increasing compared to the same period a year ago.

October 2023 saw 18,683 visitors in Gjirokastra Castle, exactly 4,617 people more than during October 2022, which saw 14,066 local and foreign tourists.
Gjirokastra Castle is located on Artisans street, on a hill 335 m high. The castle is named after princess Argjiro who jumped from the castle not to fall into the hands of the invaders.

The history of the castle is inextricably bound up with the city of Gjirokastra and is mentioned for the first time as a city and castle in 1336. However, different historians think that the existence of the stone castle dates back earlier. This castle peaked in the period of the Paschalek of Ioannina, when Ali Pasha Tepelena would commission a series of new constructions or other interventions, giving the Gjirokastra Castle the architectural and construction design it has today.
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