Berat
The City of a Thousand Windows
Berat Castle is one of the biggest fortifications in Albania. Unlike other castles in the region that have been hollowed out over time, Berat Castle is mostly in-tact. Within its walls, you’ll find a vast citadel complex of stone streets, houses and Byzantine churches mixed in with ruins from various epochs.
The Onufri National Iconographic Museum (Muzeu Kombëtar Ikonografik Onufri) was established to safeguard a collection of 200-plus icons and artefacts salvaged from the ruins of churches in Berat and further afield. Rivalled only by the National Museum of Medieval Art in Korca, it represents one of Albania’s most important collections of ecclesiastical art.
