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Revitalization of the Kokalari Estate within the historic context of Gjirokastra

Severin Karl Valentin Queck
2017 2017 UBT International Conference   unpublished

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In the historic center of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Gjirokastra lie the remains of one of the town's most notable family-residences. Built in 1883, the edifice owns an extraordinary composition for the late Ottoman period. Today, the ruin is a memorial site dedicated to Musine Kokalari, who spent her youth in Gjirokastra. She was declared a "National Heroine" years after her death in 1983 for her defiant stand against the totalitarian regime. This paper exposes the factors, which
more » ... r the monument and explicates the necessary operations for a successful revitalization following the ideas of Arjeta Kokalari, curator of the "Muzeu Kokalari".
doi:10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.14 fatcat:ljn2sbg75rectkwmspyeag5h2q
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Severin Karl Valentin Queck. "Revitalization of the Kokalari Estate within the historic context of Gjirokastra." 2017 UBT International Conference (2017)