Kruje travel

Kruja is the capital city of the District of Kruje in Albania.Kruja is best known as the hometown of Albania's national hero, Skanderbeg, from where the Ottomans were successfully resisted for nearly 35 years from 1443 until 1478. The castle of Kruja was successfully defended in four sieges conducted by Ottoman forces before final capitulation shortly after the death of Albania's greatest national hero Gjergj Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).