One of the city’s most photographed landmarks, especially when it’s illuminated at night, the Clock Tower goes back to 1822 when it was completed by the court poet Haxhi Et’hem Bey.
You can scale the tower’s narrow spiral staircase free of charge and take in the lovely vistas of Tirana’s city-centre. One of the curious features of the tower is its clock, which has been altered several times in building’s history.
The first was a Viennese design, which was replaced by a German-style timepiece which was destroyed in the Second World War.
