The Castle of Gjon Boçari is a castle

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

 of the 16th and 17th century located in Tragjas

Tragjas

Tragjas is a community in the Vlorë District, Vlorë County, southwestern Albania.-World War II:During World War II Tragjas was part of the battlefield of the battle of Gjorm, where Albanian resistance units defeated and routed the troops of the Kingdom of Italy....

, Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

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Architecture

The castle was built by the Boçari family, one of the principal Albanian families of Tragjas

Tragjas

Tragjas is a community in the Vlorë District, Vlorë County, southwestern Albania.-World War II:During World War II Tragjas was part of the battlefield of the battle of Gjorm, where Albanian resistance units defeated and routed the troops of the Kingdom of Italy....

, Vlorë

Vlorë

Vlorë is one of the biggest towns and the second largest port city of Albania, after Durrës, with a population of about 94,000 . It is the city where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28, 1912...

, southwestern Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

 in the 16th and expanded in the 17th century. Modern members of the family include Gëzim

Gëzim Boçari

Gëzim Boçari is an Albanian professor of pharmacology and a politician.Gëzim Boçari is head of the pharmacology sector of the medicine faculty of the University of Tirana. He is one of the writers of medicine and pharmacology textbooks of Albanian universities...

 and Ismail Boçari

Ismail Boçari

Ismail Boçari is an Albanian professor of medicine. During World War II he took part in the Albanian National Liberation Front. He has received several awards for his activities....

. The fortification features arrowslits for artillery openings in the walls. The northern and eastern corners of the castle feature large towers. The stone walls form a rectangle surrounding the courtyard and have a width of 1,25 metres and a height of 5,5 metres.