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Mangalem quarter
The thousand windows
White Ottoman houses stacked up the hillside below Berat’s castle, window above window.
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About Mangalem quarter
Mangalem is the view that gave Berat its name as the town of a thousand windows: white Ottoman houses stacked up the hillside beneath the castle, their windows rising in neat rows. The quarter forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Berat has shared with Gjirokastër since 2008. Climb its steep lanes past the Bachelors’ Mosque and the Lead Mosque, then come down to the riverside promenade for the evening walk, when the whole town seems to be out. Late afternoon brings the softest, most flattering light on the façades.
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- Ottoman houses
- UNESCO listed
- Evening river walk
- Address
- Mangalem
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