Durrës (alb)

Durrës

Durrës ranks 1,327th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pescara, Ålesund, and Calais. Memorable people born in Durrës include Anastasius I Dicorus, Charles III of Naples, and John Koukouzelis. Memorable people who died in Durrës include Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria, Lucius Opimius, and Franz Babinger. Durrës has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and historians. Durrës is located in Albania.

Durrës is the second-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of the Erzen and Ishëm at the southeastern corner of the Adriatic Sea. Durrës' climate is profoundly influenced by a seasonal Mediterranean climate. Read more on Wikipedia