Shkodra · Albania

Rozafa Castle

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moderate

9/10

best: morning, late afternoon

dramatic, historic, panoramic

A local would say...

Legend says a woman was entombed alive in these walls so they would never fall — and they never did.

A dramatic hilltop fortress rising above the confluence of three rivers, commanding sweeping views over Shkodra and the surrounding Albanian countryside. The fortress is steeped in the legend of a woman walled alive into its foundations to ensure the structure would stand. Its crenulated walls and towers date back centuries through Illyrian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman occupation.