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Albanian Riviera

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Ruins of fortresses dot the mountainous landscape, evidence of centuries of war and the refuge the Dinaric Alps have provided to various armed forces. During the Roman period, the Dinarides provided shelter to the Illyrians resisting Roman conquest of the Balkans, which began with the conquest of the eastern Adriatic coast in the 3rd century BC. Rome conquered the whole of Illyria in 168 BC, but these mountains sheltered Illyrian resistance forces for many years until the area’s complete subjugation by 14 AD.  In the 20th century, too, the mountains provided favourable terrain for guerrilla warfare, with Yugoslav Partisans organising one of the most successful Allied resistance movements of World War II. The area remains underpopulated, and forestry and mining remain the chief economic activities in the Dinaric Alps. The people of the Dinaric Alps are on record as being the tallest in the world, with a male average height of 185.6 cm (6 ft 1.1 in) and a female average height of 171.0 cm (5 ft 7.3 in).

Albanian actor Bekim Fehmiu with his wife, the Serbian actress Branka Petrić. Fehmiu was one of the few actors from Eastern Europe who made it in Hollywood during the Cold War. The New York Times dubbed him the “Yugoslav heart-throb” for his youthful conquests and acquaintances with the likes of Brigitte Bardot and Ava Gardner. Fehmiu was the first Albanian theater and film actor who acted in theaters and movies all over Yugoslavia, and he acted in a whole series of roles that changed the history of the Cinema of Yugoslavia and left a mark in the artistic developments abroad. He died 2010 in his apartment in Belgrade.

Rita Ora:When filming the video I kept thinking of Pristina, my home town in Kosovo. The city has seen its fair share of trouble but thankfully that’s over. Right now though, children in Syria are suffering unspeakable violence, often fleeing their homes with nothing but the clothes on their back. Your donation could help UNICEF buy life-saving winter essentials to help bring children in from the cold.

Today I went out with my friend and I took some pictures of this beautiful Mosque in Pristina, Kosovo

Ksamil, Albania

I actually feel sorry for you who didn’t have the chance or won’t get the chance to taste the best biscuit in the world

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Albanian father and daughter in southern Montenegro, undated. Collection of Edith Durham.