Berat Castle in Albania

 Berat Castle, also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat, Albania. It dates mainly from the 13th century and contains many Byzantine churches in the area and Ottoman mosques.

On the way to the Berut Castle there were farmers along the side of the road selling produce.  It seemed to me that our driver was particular who he stopped to get persimmons from and he bought a big bag.  The sweet man was so happy that we stopped at his stand. 


Berat Castle
The day we arrived in Albania, a member of our church drove us 1 1/2 hours to Berat Castle.  There were walked around and explored in lovely weather.  The only day it didn't rain.  Hurray. 


Everything was over 2,000 years old.  After exploring the castle we went to a lovely restaurant.  It was so cheap that we felt a little guilty and it was so yummy.  










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