National Historical Museum (Albania)
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The National Historical Museum in Tirana
, Albania
, is the country's largest museum. It was opened on 28 October 1981 and is 27,000 square metres in size, while 18,000 square metres are available for expositions. The museum was designed by Albanian architect, Enver Faja
.
The construction of the museum required the demolition of the former Tirana Municipal Building. The gigantic mosaic
appearing at the main entrance is entitled The Albanians.
The National Historical Museum includes the following pavilions: Antiquity
, Medieval, Rilindja Kombetare, Iconography
, Culture of Albania
, Albanian Resistance of World War II, and Communist genocide.
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
, 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...
, is the country's largest museum. It was opened on 28 October 1981 and is 27,000 square metres in size, while 18,000 square metres are available for expositions. The museum was designed by Albanian architect, Enver Faja
Enver Faja
Enver Faja was an Albanian architect and diplomat. Faja served as the Ambassador of Albania to Poland from 1992 to 1996....
.
The construction of the museum required the demolition of the former Tirana Municipal Building. The gigantic mosaic
Mosaic
Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...
appearing at the main entrance is entitled The Albanians.
The National Historical Museum includes the following pavilions: Antiquity
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world...
, Medieval, Rilindja Kombetare, Iconography
Iconography
Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images. The word iconography literally means "image writing", and comes from the Greek "image" and "to write". A secondary meaning is the painting of icons in the...
, Culture of Albania
Culture of Albania
-Education:The education system in Albania is secular. The literacy rate for the total population, age 9 or older, is about 94%. Elementary education is compulsory , but most students continue at least until a secondary education...
, Albanian Resistance of World War II, and Communist genocide.