Fun fact , skanderbeg was not only a national albanian hero , hr was actually a legendary one , declared champion of christ by the pope , the dude has statues all over Europe , he was to led the european crusade versus the ottoman empire but the pope died and rest is history . Legend says that when scanderbeg died , the Sultan himself said that"the shield of Europe had fallen " thats how legendary he was . Nice video!
Beautiful views of Kruja. Great video. Feeling for you guys walking on those stone streets😃. Kruja is full of histori. Fun fact: did you know that not far from Kruja is the town of Lezhe and some historians claim Lezhe is where city of Troy once was! In fact the word "troje" means land surrounded by gates in Geg dialect. Yep, Albania is a puzzle to archaeologists, historians and linguists.
One day a young man was hunting in the mountains, where an eagle flew over him beating his wings hard and stopped on a rock. The eagle was very large and held a snake in its beak. After a while, the eagle flew over the rock and stopped where it had its nest. The young boy jumped on the rock and noticed that in the nest was a little eagle playing with the dead snake. But the serpent was not dead at all. At that moment the snake raised its head and positioned itself ready to bite the little eagle with its venomous teeth. The boy immediately drew his bow and arrow and shot at the snake to death. Then he took the eagle and took the way back. When he had only taken a few steps, he heard a loud bang on his head, it was the mother eagle. "Why are you kidnapping my baby?" The eagle cried. "The eagle is now mine, because I saved her life by killing the snake she wanted to bite, the snake you could not kill yourself." replied the boy. "With this my chick and I will give you in return the sharpness of my eyes and the strength of my wings. You will become strong and invincible and you will be known by my name. The boy obeyed and returned the chick to his mother. When the chick grew up and began to fly, it was always seen flying in the sky somewhere above the boy's head, wherever he went, who himself had become a man. With his bow and arrow he killed many predators in the woods and with his sword cut off the heads of many malicious opponents. During all these years, the eagle accompanied the boy and guided him without even a moment's separation. Marveling at the exploits of the boy hunter and warrior, the inhabitants of those parts chose him as their leader and called him Albanian or son of Albanian, and the lands where they lived were called Albania or the Land of the Eagles.
Fun fact , skanderbeg was not only a national albanian hero , hr was actually a legendary one , declared champion of christ by the pope , the dude has statues all over Europe , he was to led the european crusade versus the ottoman empire but the pope died and rest is history .
Legend says that when scanderbeg died , the Sultan himself said that"the shield of Europe had fallen " thats how legendary he was .
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Beautiful views of Kruja. Great video. Feeling for you guys walking on those stone streets😃. Kruja is full of histori. Fun fact: did you know that not far from Kruja is the town of Lezhe and some historians claim Lezhe is where city of Troy once was! In fact the word "troje" means land surrounded by gates in Geg dialect. Yep, Albania is a puzzle to archaeologists, historians and linguists.
Yes so many interesting sites in Albania!!! We’ll have to go to Lezhe another time
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One day a young man was hunting in the mountains, where an eagle flew over him beating his wings hard and stopped on a rock. The eagle was very large and held a snake in its beak. After a while, the eagle flew over the rock and stopped where it had its nest. The young boy jumped on the rock and noticed that in the nest was a little eagle playing with the dead snake. But the serpent was not dead at all. At that moment the snake raised its head and positioned itself ready to bite the little eagle with its venomous teeth.
The boy immediately drew his bow and arrow and shot at the snake to death. Then he took the eagle and took the way back.
When he had only taken a few steps, he heard a loud bang on his head, it was the mother eagle.
"Why are you kidnapping my baby?" The eagle cried.
"The eagle is now mine, because I saved her life by killing the snake she wanted to bite, the snake you could not kill yourself." replied the boy.
"With this my chick and I will give you in return the sharpness of my eyes and the strength of my wings. You will become strong and invincible and you will be known by my name.
The boy obeyed and returned the chick to his mother. When the chick grew up and began to fly, it was always seen flying in the sky somewhere above the boy's head, wherever he went, who himself had become a man. With his bow and arrow he killed many predators in the woods and with his sword cut off the heads of many malicious opponents.
During all these years, the eagle accompanied the boy and guided him without even a moment's separation.
Marveling at the exploits of the boy hunter and warrior, the inhabitants of those parts chose him as their leader and called him Albanian or son of Albanian, and the lands where they lived were called Albania or the Land of the Eagles.
Nice story!!
Thanks for sharing