Albania · Still standing
Porto Palermo Fortress
Porto Palermo Castle is an early 19th-century fortress built by Ali Pasha on a former islet in the bay of Porto Palermo on the Albanian Riviera. The three-sided stone fort has three large corner gun bastions, an open southern terrace and internal vaulted spaces; it remains one of the best-preserved garrisons attributed to Ali Pasha in the region.
Its prime
1804
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1804
The shape it held in its prime.
A low, three-sided grey stone fortress set on a former island joined to the mainland by a narrow isthmus; thick, slightly battered curtain walls terminate in three large angular gun bastions at the corners and an open flat terrace to the south. The roofline is mostly low and flat with a sequence of parapets and small stone-roofed guard houses, while the interior contains a hexagonal domed chamber with six large pillars and rows of rectangular soldiers' rooms.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1804.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Porto Palermo Fortress — including 3 interiors: hexagonal central chamber (domed), soldiers' rectangular rooms, stone-roofed guard houses on the ramparts. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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