Memorie.al publishes some rare photos of the Albanian capital, Tirana, belonging to the first half of the last century, from 1990 to 1943. From the Turkish “Hotel” in the center, as one of the inns is named in the relevant postcard somewhere in the center, the square with the garden between the buildings of the ministries where the monument of Ismail Qemali with the giant eagle with two heads stands, the street of Elbasan to the ‘Royal Palace’ (‘Palace of Brigades’), the building of the National Bank with the street in front of it is being built, up to public buildings and the center of Tirana with luxury shops with tents, the village market, Et’hem Bey Mosque, the minaret and the Clock Tower, luxury vehicles of the latest brands parked next to the mosque, etc. . As well as two maps with the regulatory plan of the capital for the period 1939 – 1943, made by Italian architects.
