Shkodër

Shkodër
/shkoh"deuhr/; Albanian. /shkaw"deuhrdd/, n.
a city in NW Albania, on Lake Scutari: a former capital of Albania. 55,000.
Also, Shkodra /shkoh"dreuh/; Albanian. /shkaw"drddah/. Italian, Scutari.

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also called  Shkodra,  Latin  Scodra,  Italian  Scutari,  

      town, northwestern Albania. It lies at the southeast end of Lake Scutari, at a point where the Buenë (Serbo-Croatian: Bojana) River, one of Albania's two navigable streams, flows out of the lake toward the Adriatic Sea. Situated at the edge of a wide plain surrounded by high mountains, the city is overlooked on the west by the peak of Tarabosh. Shkodër is dominated on the south by the now-isolated citadel of Rozafat, past which the Kiri River flows into the Buenë. Since 1900 the town has spread northeastward, away from its bazaar, which was once important because of its location at the convergence of trade routes from the Danube River and the Aegean Sea.

      Shkodër is the most historic town in Albania. The oldest wall of the Shkodër castle dates from the first millennium BC. The Roman historian Livy cited the town as the capital of the Illyrian king Gentius, who surrendered to the Romans in 168 BC. The town was subsequently held by the Byzantines, Bulgars, Serbs, and Turks, again by Illyrians, and by the Serbian Balša family, who sold it to Venice in 1396. It was a stronghold of the Albanian national hero, Skanderbeg, in the 15th century. The Turks mounted determined sieges of Shkodër in 1473 and 1479, and in the latter year Venice ceded the town and its fortress to Turkey. Shkodër was virtually independent after 1760, when the Bushati family took control; but in 1831 the Turks reasserted their authority and made it the capital of a province. It became the centre of the Albanian cultural movement after the Albanian League was suppressed in 1881. After being occupied by the Austrians in 1916–18 during World War I, it was taken over by the Allied Powers until it was reunited with free Albania in 1921. Before World War II, Shkodër was the chief Roman Catholic centre of Albania, with a cathedral, a pontifical college, and Franciscan and Jesuit convents, libraries, and publishing houses. It was the home of the poet Migjeni (Milosh Gjergj Nikolla, 1911–38). After 1944 Shkodër resisted the Communist government that had taken control of the country.

      The city remains the traditional market centre for the northern Albania mountain area, where grains, tobacco, potatoes, fruits, and grapes are grown. A dam on the Drin River southeast of the city controls flooding and contains one of the country's major hydroelectric power stations. Shkodër's manufactures include cotton and silk textiles, copper-wire products, and processed foods. It is served by the Adriatic port of Shëngjin (25 miles [40 km] south) and has an airport. Pop. (2001) 82,455.

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