The virtual museum "Photo Gallery" opens its "doors", over 7000 images divided into 7 historical periods

"Fototeka", a virtual museum containing rare collections. The Minister of Culture Elva Margariti says that over 7000 images, divided into 7 historical periods, shot by dozens of photographers, mainly from the southeast of Albania, reveal more than a century of history. "Photo Library", the virtual museum opens its "doors" today! With the support of the Ministry of Culture, with the contribution of private collectors, the "Art & History" Foundation opens a window where you can discover images that you have never encountered before!", Minister Margariti wrote a day ago on social networks. The "Art & History" Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that aims to create a new and different space for artistic creation and the theoretical approach to it. Its main activities are discovery, archiving and researching the cultural values ??of the past. Part of this mission is the "Photo Library" project, which tries to find, collect and publish the photographic heritage in the Albanian territories from the end of the 19th century to the end of the totalitarian regime. At the end of the 1990s and onwards, a small group of Albanian collectors, passionate about photography, curious about its early techniques and processes, followed sensitive to the country's historical past, especially from the beginning of the Ottoman era to the creation of the modern nation state to the installation of the totalitarian regime - thanks to their passion and caring nature - they patiently collected thousands of photographs and negatives in a variety of media and formats from local and foreign authors. Then,

 Works for the repair of directional signage in Koman Settlement

The Shkodër Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage, in cooperation with the Albanian-French mission, has carried out the replacement of information panels, the systematization and repair of all orientation signage in the territory of the Koman Settlement. Thanks to the work of the research project of the Albanian-French Mission, year after year new traces and dating evidence are coming to light on this settlement, the epitome of an important archaeological civilization in the Western Balkan and Adriatic region. Meanwhile, there are now many visitors to the upper Drin Valley who want to get to know one of the most important sites of the early Middle Ages, the Koman Settlement, and the fascinating view that the Drin Valley offers.

Vinçens Prenushi publicist, përkthyes dhe predikator i shquar

Imzot Vinçenc Prenushi ka lindur në Shkodër, më 1885. Muzeu Historik Kombëtar shkruan se ai ka qenë prelati më i lartë i françeskanëve në Shqipëri. “Vinçens Prenushi ( 1885-1949) gjithashtu ka qenë poet, prozator, dramaturg, publicist, përkthyes, folklorist dhe predikator i shquar. Duke shkuar fshat më fshat në trevat e veriut, ka mbledhur shumë këngë nga epika historike, këngë dasmash, dashurie, etj. Materialin e mbledhur e ka botuar në librin “Kangë Popullore Gegnishte”. Ky libër u botua në Sarajevë më 1911. Vinçenc Prenushi ka botuar këta libra: vëllimin me poezi “Gjeth e lule” (1924), dramën “Prej robnie në liri” (1914), bibliografinë “Sh’Françesku i Asizit” (1927), “Fjala e Zotit” (1928), etj”, thuhet nga MHK. Gjithashtu është marrë edhe me përkthime të klasikëve të letërsisë.  

Students follow the restoration works at the Kavajë Ethnographic Museum

The Ethnographic Museum of Kavaja represents the architectural design, lifestyle and economies of the area within a rare example of a traditional 18th century house. The "EU4Culture" program informs that these days this facility was visited by students. "We had the privilege of welcoming to the Ethnographic Museum of Kavaja students from the Department of Architecture and Design, New York University in Tirana. The students had the unique opportunity to see the works up close and learn how traditional techniques and materials can be integrated into the renovation process. The restoration works in the Ethnographic Museum of Kavaja are continuing and the museum will be opened to the public in the coming months", says the program page.