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[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

Ottoman documents that speak of Skanderbeg's Albanian origin.

A thread. 🧵

[Endrit Dhomi 🇦🇱 @endritdhomii]

The Skanderbeg movie (1953) was made by the Russians btw

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

A 1531 letter describes Himara as “lo reduto deli Albanesi” - “the stronghold of the Albanians.” 🇦🇱

#Himara #SouthAlbania #Albania #History #JuguiShqiperise #Shqiperia

[sacredchad @sacredchad_ig]

Skanderbeg was taken by the Ottomans as a boy, forced to convert to Islam, and trained to serve the sultan.

In 1443 he abandoned their army mid-battle, rode home to his ancestral fortress, and returned to the Christian faith he was baptised in.

He held the mountains against the empire for 25 years and died undefeated. The Pope called him Athleta Christi. Champion of Christ.
⚔️✝️

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

@BasedIllyria

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

King Alfonso V to Gjergj Kastrioti (1452)

On 18 February 1452, King Alfonso V requested that Gjergj Kastrioti send 5–6 Albanian mining masters to work newly discovered gold and silver mines.

📖 Source: Spanish Archives / Xhoni Qoku

#AlbanianHistory #Skanderbeg #Albania

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

@_drangue This shit is so funny lmfao 😂

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

@Grzybimir @dragan20181933 Pointing out Serbia's documented war crimes doesn't mean iam Nazis or the Ottomans.

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

@nikicaga Hell nah

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

On 13 May 1464, Venice admitted Thoma, Kostandin, and Arianit Arianiti to its nobility, describing them as "lords in the regions of Albania."

📖 Source: Italian Archives

#AlbanianHistory #Medieval #Albania #Arianiti #MiddleAge #Venice

[Kruja Chronicles @FilteredZero]

A piece of Albania’s ancient musical heritage will be heard in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson traveled to southern Albania to record authentic iso-polyphony and the sounds of Albanian shepherds’ fyell for the film’s score.
A tradition preserved for centuries and still alive today. 🇦🇱
Source - @vulture

[Admirim @admirim]

The score for Nolan's Odyssey will feature Albanian iso-polyphony folk music.

Composer Göransson "traveled to southern Albania to capture an ancient style of singing called iso-polyphony, which he’d never heard in a film before," @vulture reports.

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

@EpiroteReport Stop this bullshit

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

⚔️ 1403: A Venetian Senate document mentions the Albanians (Albanenses) of Himara and Vlora, whose boats carried salt from Corfu and traded it for grain.

#AlbanianHistory #Himara #Vlora #Albania #Venetian #Shqiperia

[Ivan Andabak @AndabakIvan]

Dr. Milan Šufflay u odori junačke 25. (zagrebačke) domobranske pješačke pukovnije.

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

On 25 September 1463, the Republic of Venice admitted Giovanni Castriota II, son of Skanderbeg, to the Maggior Consiglio (Great Council), the highest institution of the Venetian state.

#Albania #Skanderbeg #Venetian #History #GjergjKastrioti

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

@sejmina_filolli @LeonisTheWhite Albanian culture has absolutely nothing to do with a so-called Muslim culture. Albanians existed as a people with their own language, traditions, customs and identity centuries before Islam even reached the Balkans go learn some actual history before embarrassing yourself online.

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

Credits to Xhoni Coku

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

⚔️ On January 13, 1477, Giovanni Castriota (Kastrioti) II, son of Skanderbeg, offered to go to Albania and do everything possible to aid Kruja in its struggle against the Ottomans.

🇦🇱 #GjonKastrioti #Skanderbeg #Kruja #AlbanianHistory #Albania

[Arbëreshe @justanarberesh]

@ThirdDoclean Fuck off