# Roots Albania in Kruja: audio stories about 10 places Canonical: https://rootsalbania.com/cities/kruja Published: 15 September 2026 Roots Albania has audio stories about 10 places in Kruja (Albanian: Krujë), in north-central Albania. The app covers 211 places in ten Albanian cities, in 28 languages, and needs no account: open Kruja, pick a place and play its story. ## The 10 places in Kruja with audio stories In the order the app shows them, with the Albanian name after the English one. 1. Skanderbeg Square (Sheshi Skënderbej) 2. Kruja Old Bazaar (Pazari i Vjetër i Krujës) 3. Dollma Tekke (Teqja e Dollmës) 4. Kruja Mosque (Xhamia e Krujës) 5. Kruja Ethnographic Museum (Muzeu Etnografik i Krujës) 6. Skanderbeg National Museum (Muzeu Kombëtar Skënderbeu) 7. Kruja Castle (Kalaja e Krujës) 8. Sari Saltik Tekke (Teqja e Sari Saltikut) 9. Zgërdhesh (Zgërdheshi) 10. Qafë Shtamë Park (Parku Qafë Shtamë) ## Is there an audio guide for Kruja Castle? Yes, as audio stories. Kruja Castle (Kalaja e Krujës) is place 7 of the 10 Kruja 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. In one line: A fortress on a sheer hill rising about 500 metres above the Ishëm valley, the base of Skanderbeg's resistance against the Ottoman Empire between 1443 and 1468. Kruja Old Bazaar and the Skanderbeg National Museum, raised within the walls of the castle between 1978 and 1982, 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 Kruja Open Roots Albania and choose Kruja. The city has its own map of places with all 10 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 - [Korça (Korçë)](https://rootsalbania.com/cities/korca), 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 ## All 10 places in Kruja, 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. Skanderbeg Square - Albanian name: Sheshi Skënderbej - Coordinates: 41.5093, 19.7935 - Type of place: cultural - Period: medieval - In one line: The first statue of Skanderbeg in Albania, a work by Janaq Paço unveiled on 28 November 1959 at the threshold of the road that climbs toward the castle. ### 2. Kruja Old Bazaar - Albanian name: Pazari i Vjetër i Krujës - Coordinates: 41.510391, 19.791885 - Type of place: cultural - Period: Ottoman - In one line: An Ottoman bazaar that had been operating since the 15th century and was rebuilt from its foundations in 1966-1968, peaking on the 500th anniversary of Skanderbeg's death. ### 3. Dollma Tekke - Albanian name: Teqja e Dollmës - Coordinates: 41.5061, 19.7928 - Type of place: religious - Period: Ottoman ### 4. Kruja Mosque - Albanian name: Xhamia e Krujës - Coordinates: 41.509666, 19.794523 - Type of place: religious - Period: Ottoman - In one line: A mosque built in 1533 in the heart of the Krujë bazaar, also known as the Mosque of Murad Bey. ### 5. Kruja Ethnographic Museum - Albanian name: Muzeu Etnografik i Krujës - Coordinates: 41.50716, 19.79268 - Type of place: museum - Period: modern ### 6. Skanderbeg National Museum - Albanian name: Muzeu Kombëtar Skënderbeu - Coordinates: 41.5075, 19.7939 - Type of place: museum - Period: modern - In one line: A museum within the walls of the Castle, raised between 1978 and 1982 and designed by Pranvera Hoxha and Pirro Vaso in the language of the northern tower-houses. ### 7. Kruja Castle - Albanian name: Kalaja e Krujës - Coordinates: 41.506891, 19.793933 - Type of place: historical - Period: medieval - In one line: A fortress on a sheer hill rising about 500 metres above the Ishëm valley, the base of Skanderbeg's resistance against the Ottoman Empire between 1443 and 1468. ### 8. Sari Saltik Tekke - Albanian name: Teqja e Sari Saltikut - Coordinates: 41.5169957, 19.8023517 - Type of place: religious - Period: Ottoman - In one line: A Bektashi tekke on a mountaintop 1,176 metres above sea level, linked to the 13th-century dervish Sari Salltik. ### 9. Zgërdhesh - Albanian name: Zgërdheshi - Coordinates: 41.475806, 19.763494 - Type of place: archaeological - Period: ancient - In one line: The ruins of an Illyrian city on more than eight hectares of hillside, five kilometres from Krujë, with 1,400 metres of polygonal walls from the 5th–3rd centuries BCE. ### 10. Qafë Shtamë Park - Albanian name: Parku Qafë Shtamë - Coordinates: 41.52055556, 19.89805556 - Type of place: natural - 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.