Point of interest
Palace of Culture
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Across from the bank, stands the Palace of Culture. The very Soviet-style building replaced Tirana’s former Old Bazaar in 1959, at the height of Communism in Albania. Actually, its very first brick was placed by former USSR President Nikita Khrushchev and its last in 1963, when the building was completed. The building houses inside it the National Theater of Opera and Ballet and the National Library.
Across from the bank, stands the Palace of Culture. The very Soviet-style building replaced Tirana’s former Old Bazaar in 1959, at the height of Communism in Albania. Actually, its very first brick was placed by former USSR President Nikita Khrushchev and its last in 1963, when the building was comp…
The Palace of Culture is house to the Opera House, the National Bibliotheque and various caffe, tourist offices and foreign delegation offices.
There is the only Opera and Ballet House of Albania where you can enjoy concerts,different Operas and Ballets.
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Location
Sheshi Skënderbej
Tirana, Tirana County