Skanderbeg Square in Tirana at night in May 2025 – Northeastern corner with the Tirana International Hotel overshadowed by the InterContinental Hotel Tirana (left) and Tirana's Rock (Skanderbeg Building in the center), to the right the Cultural Palace with the Opera‹›
Tirana's Rock

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Exterior · Tirana, Albania

Photo: Albinfo · 2025-05-27 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 2471×2080

Skanderbeg Square in Tirana at night in May 2025 – Northeastern corner with the Tirana International Hotel overshadowed by the InterContinental Hotel Tirana (left) and Tirana's Rock (Skanderbeg Building in the center), to the right the Cultural Palace with the Opera

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