The government head noted that the new cultural museum will preserve and showcase a golden age of Albania, that of saving Jews during the World War II, and the facility will also provide a space for opinions, debates, artistic and cultural expressions about tolerance, solidarity and humanism.

A design by the Swiss architecture studio “Oppenheim Architecture” has been declared winning design after an international competition on Besa Museum, commemorating glorious history of saving Jews during the World War II.

The goal is to obtain contemporary and visionary concepts for interventions of an architectural and restorative character for the rehabilitation and adaptation of the existing building, as well as revitalization interventions, which aim to add a new cultural space to the capital, harmonized and in strong relations with the environment and the surrounding historical area.

Besa Museum will be closely linked with the Hebrew Museum in Vlora. The project will see the restoration and upgrade of the historic building near the Tirana Castle complex.

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