My Photo Treks

  Historically, the country has been inhabited by numerous civilisations such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans. The Albanians established the autonomous Principality of Arbër in the 12th century. The Kingdom of Albania and Principality of Albania has been formed between the 13th and 14th centuries. After the defeat of the Ottomans in the Balkan Wars, the modern nation state of Albania emerged in 1912. The Revolutions of 1991 concluded the fall of communism in Albania and eventually the establishment of the current Republic of Albania.