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Roots Albania in Korça: audio stories about 15 places

Roots Albania has audio stories about 15 places in Korça (Albanian: Korçë), in the southeast highlands of Albania. The app covers 211 places in ten Albanian cities, in 28 languages, and needs no account: open Korça, pick a place and play its story.

Published 15 September 2026. Markdown: korca.md

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The 15 places in Korça with audio stories

In the order the app shows them, with the Albanian name after the English one.

  1. The Old Bazaar of Korçë (Pazari i Vjetër i Korçës)
  2. The Orthodox Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Katedralja Ortodokse Ngjallja e Krishtit)
  3. The Mirahor Mosque (Xhamia e Mirahorit)
  4. The National Museum of Education (Muzeu Kombëtar i Arsimit)
  5. The National Museum of Medieval Art (Muzeu Kombëtar i Artit Mesjetar)
  6. The Archaeological Museum of Korçë (Muzeu Arkeologjik i Korçës)
  7. The Bratko Museum (Muzeu Bratko)
  8. The Vangjush Mio House Museum (Shtëpia-Muze Vangjush Mio)
  9. The Gjon Mili Museum of Photography (Muzeu i Fotografisë Gjon Mili)
  10. The Andon Zako Çajupi Theatre (Teatri Andon Zako Çajupi)
  11. Republika Boulevard (Bulevardi Republika)
  12. The Old Town of Korçë (Qyteti i Vjetër i Korçës)
  13. The Panoramic Tower of Korçë (Kulla Panoramike e Korçës)
  14. Birra Korça
  15. The Kamenica Tumulus (Tuma e Kamenicës)

Is there an audio guide for the Old Bazaar of Korçë?

Yes, as audio stories. The Old Bazaar of Korçë (Pazari i Vjetër i Korçës) is place 1 of the 15 Korça places in Roots Albania: it has a short introduction and a story of about six minutes, in 28 languages, with a male and a female voice.

The Mirahor Mosque, the oldest mosque in Korça, and the National Museum of Education, in the house where the first Albanian school opened on 7 March 1887, have their own stories too.

Roots Albania is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself.

How to use Roots Albania in Korça

Open Roots Albania and choose Korça. The city has its own map of places with all 15 places on it; tap a place to play its short introduction or its story of about six minutes. You can listen in 28 languages, in a male or a female voice, and there is no account.

Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.

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All 15 places in Korça, with coordinates

Every place below has a short introduction and a story of about six minutes in the Roots Albania app. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude), the type, the period and the one line descriptions are taken from the app's catalogue on 15 September 2026; a place without a one line description here has none short enough to print.

1. The Old Bazaar of Korçë

Albanian name
Pazari i Vjetër i Korçës
Coordinates
40.6175, 20.774444
Type of place
historical
Period
Ottoman

2. The Orthodox Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ

Albanian name
Katedralja Ortodokse Ngjallja e Krishtit
Coordinates
40.6158, 20.7808
Type of place
religious
Period
contemporary

3. The Mirahor Mosque

Albanian name
Xhamia e Mirahorit
Coordinates
40.615833, 20.775278
Type of place
religious
Period
Ottoman
In one line
The oldest mosque in Korça, built by Iljaz Bej Mirahori in the late 15th century on the traces of a Byzantine church, damaged under communism and rebuilt in recent decades.

4. The National Museum of Education

Albanian name
Muzeu Kombëtar i Arsimit
Coordinates
40.6168, 20.7799
Type of place
museum
Period
Ottoman
In one line
In a civic house from the 1840s, where on 7 March 1887 the first Albanian school opened, today stands the museum that preserves the birth of national education.

5. The National Museum of Medieval Art

Albanian name
Muzeu Kombëtar i Artit Mesjetar
Coordinates
40.612353, 20.786708
Type of place
museum
Period
communist

6. The Archaeological Museum of Korçë

Albanian name
Muzeu Arkeologjik i Korçës
Coordinates
40.615279, 20.781457
Type of place
museum
Period
communist
In one line
Set in 2 traditional Korça houses from around 1870, this museum preserves about 1,200 objects that descend from the prehistoric age of Maliq to the Hellenistic and Roman civilizations.

7. The Bratko Museum

Albanian name
Muzeu Bratko
Coordinates
40.612708, 20.784628
Type of place
museum
Period
contemporary

8. The Vangjush Mio House Museum

Albanian name
Shtëpia-Muze Vangjush Mio
Coordinates
40.615971, 20.77825
Type of place
museum
Period
modern
In one line
The house where landscape painter Vangjush Mio lived and worked, today a museum and cultural monument in Korça, where his studio, furniture, and works preserve the trace of a life devoted to color.

9. The Gjon Mili Museum of Photography

Albanian name
Muzeu i Fotografisë Gjon Mili
Coordinates
40.616651, 20.77921
Type of place
museum
Period
modern

10. The Andon Zako Çajupi Theatre

Albanian name
Teatri Andon Zako Çajupi
Coordinates
40.618688, 20.776764
Type of place
cultural
Period
contemporary

11. Republika Boulevard

Albanian name
Bulevardi Republika
Coordinates
40.616434, 20.780663
Type of place
cultural
Period
Ottoman

12. The Old Town of Korçë

Albanian name
Qyteti i Vjetër i Korçës
Coordinates
40.6175, 20.774444
Type of place
historical
Period
modern

13. The Panoramic Tower of Korçë

Albanian name
Kulla Panoramike e Korçës
Coordinates
40.630673, 20.784282
Type of place
architectural
Period
modern

14. Birra Korça

Albanian name
Birra Korça
Coordinates
40.6112, 20.7907
Type of place
cultural
Period
modern

15. The Kamenica Tumulus

Albanian name
Tuma e Kamenicës
Coordinates
40.543889, 20.726667
Type of place
archaeological
Period
ancient