“Culture in 1 minute” / Episode 14 There have been several clashes in the territory of Durres that left indelible traces in European history. Alexius Conmen’s had just ascended the turbulent throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, which had emerged from a long and grueling war with the Bulgarians and was serio...

“Culture in 1 minute” / Episode 13 Jan Kukuzeli was born in Durrës at the end of the 13th century. After being orphaned by his father as a child, he grew up and was educated by his mother. At the age of adolescence, he moved to Constantinople, where he studied musicology under the patronage of … Lexo Artikullin

“Culture in 1 minute” / Episode 12 The epic of Florimont’s Novel was written in the era of epic poems and chivalric novels. The French writer Aimon de Varenes wrote in 1188 one of the most famous and read works of the Medieval Period, entitled “The Novel of Florimont”. The poem recounts the lif...