The principality changed hands between the Thopia dynasty and the Balsha dynasty, until 1392, when Durrës was annexed by the Republic of Venice.
On December 25, 1992, aged 53, he was appointed the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës and ordained on April 25, 1993 by Pope John Paul II and Cardinals Camillo Ruini and Jozef Tomko, along with three other bishops (Zef Simoni, Frano Illia and Robert Ashta) during the Pope's pastoral visit to Albania.
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Of special importance in supporting this are: a baptizing formula (Unte paghesont premenit Atit et Birit et spertit senit) of 1462, written in Albanian within a text in Latin by the bishop of Durrës, Pal Engjëlli; a glossary with Albanian words of 1497 by Arnhold von Harff, a German who had travelled through Albania, and a 15th-century fragment from the Bible from the Gospel of Matthew, also in Albanian, but in Greek letters.
Also outside of Italy water networks were monitored, e.g., Bucharest in Rumania, Durrës in Albania, in Ukraine, in Moldavia, Nkayi Congo.
As of 2009, there are 13 representatives of Durrës County with setas in the Parliament of Albania out of 140.
The Taulantii State under Grabus was centered in the Myzeqe plain in present central Albania which bordered the Greek colony of Durrës.
After graduating in law at the Law Faculty of the University of Tirana, Ina Rama began her career as assistant judge at the Court of First Instance, Durrës (1996-1999).
The people in Durrës panicked and the Prince took his family to shelter in an Italian ship anchored in the bay.
In October 1918, the Italian XVI Corpo d' Armata (nearly four divisions, with even 2 Albanian volunteers battalions) conquered all north-central Albania from the Austrians: on 10/14 Durres, the next day Tirane and on 10/31 Scutari; finally on November 3 even Ulcinj and Bar in actual coastal Montenegro.
After completing his studies at the Collegio di Sant'Adriano (the college of Saint Adrian) in the Arbëreshë town of San Demetrio Corone, Calabria, he returned to Durrës where he joined the patriotic circles of the city.
Kasem Hallulli as a folk researcher found and revitalized the old love songs of other different Albanian cities as Kavajë, Durrës, Elbasan, Berat, Korça with musical traditions inspired from popular authors, musicians and singers named as Ashik like Isuf Myzyri, Shyqyri Fuga and from the culture of Arbëreshë peoplein Italy.
Her father originates from a Kosovo merchants' family that settled in Durrës in 1905, while her mother comes from the Karaosmani family, whose grandfather Qemal bej Karaosmani was one of the signers of the Albanian Declaration of Independence and who served as Minister of Agriculture in Ismail Qemali's government.
On 24 May 2012, the Mayor of Durrës, Vangjush Dako, bestowed upon Mennea the title of honorary citizen of Durrës to Pietro Mennea.
Their training routes take part in the worst weather, in some of the toughest terrain that Albania has to offer: in the northeastern mountain range (the highest peak is Korabi, at 2,751 metres (9,025 feet)), the marshes of Vlora, and the swamps of Durrës and Lezha.
Rrok Kola Mirdita (born September 28, 1939, Klezna, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, today Montenegro) is the Catholic Archbishop of Durrës-Tirana, and the Primate of Albania.
Jareci was born in Durrës in 1931 to parents from Dibër who had moved to Durrës in 1920 to escape conflict with neighboring Yugoslavs.
Tirana accounted for about 13,000 of the country's 42,000 direct lines; Durrës, the main port city, ranked second with 2,000 lines; the rest were concentrated in Shkodër, Elbasan, Vlorë, Gjirokastër, and other towns.
The mosaic is realized in the second half of 4th century BC in Durrës (then Epidamnos).
Starting at Dyrrachium (now Durrës) on the Adriatic Sea, the road followed a difficult route along the river Genusus (Shkumbin), over the Candaviae (Jablanica) mountains and thence to the highlands around Lake Ohrid.