🏛⏳️Discovering Durres - Free walking tour (historical & cultural)
Hello everyone , I'm Joana, I was born in Durrës. I am a foreign language teacher with an experience of 15 years and as well I'm a licensed national tour guide. I love both my job immensely because I believe I have the right characteristics for teaching ,storytelling and interpreting my cultural heritage engagingly, to connect visitors with the place, and interaction with the group helps to build meanings and make sense of what is seen and observed. Fond of history, tradition, languages, and traveling. I am a cheerful, nice, down-to-earth, versatile, and sociable person who likes to share the history, culture, and traditions of her city.
Pickup
I will be at Veliera Square (the convex dome ) close to the Venetian tower equipped with the tourist guide badge.
Description
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Dear all!
This tour will last approximately 2 hours, depending on the number of walkers.
The tour will be divided into six main moments:
1) It starts at the Venetian Tower , one of the most interesting historical defensive structures of Durrës as well as a starting point for local and international tourists visiting the ci ty and from there will be proceeded toward the other successive stops.
2) On the way to the Amphitheater, the visitor cannot miss the Fortification Walls, built in blocks that have managed to survive until this very day. Those who have governed the city throughout the ages have left their mark on the way the surrounding walls were used as, ultimately, they were a security system that protected the city from various conquests throughout history.
3) Ilustration from the outside and entrance to the Amphitheater:
Putting visitors in the picture about the history that led to the construction of the Roman amphitheater built during the period of the Roman emperor Hadrian/ Trajan .
4) A short jump to the small and ancient chapel inside the amphitheater built around the VI-X century for the religious ceremonies of the Christians of Durres which coincided with the beginning of the fall of the Roman Empire.
5) A visit to the Macellum Forum (Byzantine Forum):
we will visit the archaeological site of the Byzantine Forum for a walk in the heart of ancient Durres, a bridge between East and West, the city founded by the Greeks at the end of the 7th century BC, which was a thriving Hellenistic and Roman city, Byzantine capital, and still a Venetian, Ottoman city and communist one
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6)For a journey through time, to discover the history of the Roman Baths of Durres, another important cultural asset of Durrës, listed as a cultural monument,it is worth a visit and admire one of the masterpieces of ancient engineering places dedicated to body hygiene and mental refreshment from Roman antiquity ...... to today!
Discovering Durrës through the eyes of Joana local guide, where you will meet the fusion of different cultures, different religions and traditions that make this city a unique tourist destination.