# Roots Albania in Korça: audio stories about 15 places

Canonical: https://rootsalbania.com/cities/korca
Published: 15 September 2026

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.

## 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.

## The other nine cities

- [Tirana](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/tirana), 39 places
- [Vlora (Vlorë)](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/vlora), 34 places
- [Saranda (Sarandë)](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/saranda), 33 places
- [Durrës](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/durres), 23 places
- [Berat](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/berat), 15 places
- [Pogradec](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/pogradec), 15 places
- [Gjirokastra (Gjirokastër)](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/gjirokastra), 15 places
- [Shkodra (Shkodër)](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/shkodra), 12 places
- [Kruja (Krujë)](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/kruja), 10 places

## 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

## Roots Albania in short

- 211 places across 10 Albanian cities
- 10 cities, each with its own map of places
- 28 languages
- 2 stories for every place: a short introduction and a story of about six minutes
- No account
- Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection
- The stories are written by local people

Get the app on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761542889) for iPhone and on [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsalbania.app) for Android.

Roots Albania for iOS and Android is made by ROOTS SHPK, Rruga Zef Jubani, Nd. 4, H. 1, Ap. 3, Njësia Administrative Nr. 5, 1000 Tiranë, Albania, NUIS M61803028A, D-U-N-S 631176123, +355 69 443 8348, hello@rootsalbania.com, [roots-shpk.com](https://roots-shpk.com) and [rootsearth.com](https://rootsearth.com).

## More from Roots Albania

- [All ten cities](https://rootsalbania.com/cities): the ten cities with their number of places.
- [What Roots Albania is](https://rootsalbania.com/app): the app in one page: 211 places, ten cities, 28 languages, how it works.
- [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsalbania.com/faq): the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection.
- [The 28 languages](https://rootsalbania.com/languages): every language with its code, and a male and a female voice in each.
- [Events and activities](https://rootsalbania.com/events-and-activities): what is on in the city, and things to do you arrange with the provider.
- [About Roots Albania](https://rootsalbania.com/about): ROOTS SHPK in Tirana, and the company details.
- [Press and facts](https://rootsalbania.com/press): the fact sheet, the logo files, the store links and the contact address.
- [Comparisons](https://rootsalbania.com/compare): Roots Albania and eight other apps, the facts of each side by side.