Tirana International Hotel (Tirana)

Albania / Tirana / Tirana

hotel, conference centre

Tirana International Hotel (also referred to in Albanian: Pesëmbëdhjetëkatëshi, English: The Fifteen-floors) is an international hotel located between the central Skanderbeg Square and the Zogu I Boulevard in central Tirana, Albania. Originally built in 1979 as a Soviet era looking Hotel Tirana, it is now one of Albania's most prestigious hotels and a noted conference centre, with two floors devoted to executive suites. In 2001 the hotel was renovated by an Italian company to a 4 star hotel. The Tirana International has 166 rooms and is 15 floors high.
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Coordinates: 41°19'47"N 19°49'7"E

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In early 1900's and before this building here used to be Tirana's Orthodox Church which was destroyed during 1967. The Agrarian Reform Law of August 1945 nationalized most property of religious institutions, including the estates of monasteries, orders, and dioceses. By May 1967, religious institutions had relinquished all 2,169 churches, mosques, cloisters, and shrines, many of which were converted into cultural centers for young people. Many Muslim imams and Orthodox priests renounced their "parasitic" past. Only a the most historic buildings were saved such as the Et'Hem Bey Mosque. Article 37 of the Albanian Constitution of 1976 stipulated, "The State recognizes no religion, and supports and carries out atheistic propaganda in order to implant a scientific materialistic world outlook in people."

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