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Shkodra
in Centuries...
Shkodër, also Scutari (ancient Scodra),
city in northwestern Albania, capital of Shkodër District, at the
confluence of the  Buenë
(Bojana) and Drin rivers. Shkodër is a trading and industrial center
of northern Albania. Manufactures include tobacco products, textiles, cement,
leather products, and building materials. There is a major hydroelectric
plant on the Drin river south of the city. The city is dominated by a 15th-century
Venetian citadel built on a hill. The ancient capital of Illyria, Shkodër
fell to the Romans in 168BC. The Serbs captured the
town in the 7th century; in the 14th century it was sold to the Venetians.
The Ottoman Turks captured the city in the next century and held it until
1913, when it was captured by the Montenegrins during the Balkan Wars.
An international force occupied the city in the same year, and shortly
thereafter it became part of the newly independent kingdom of Albania.
Population (1990 estimate) 81,900.
Also in this section:
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The History Of Shkodra
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Photo Album (Shkodra in Pictures)
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