Arkitektura Osmane Ne Shqiperi – Machiel Kiel – IRCICA

Thisbook titled Ottoman Architecture in Albania waspublishedby IRCICA in itsoriginal English edition in 1990. This edition will make itpossible that the book serves more widely in its own geographical context by researchers whose working language is Albanian. Albania is a Member State of the OIC and IRCICA since 1992. Thebook is one of thepioneeringstudies madeby Machiel Kiel on the architectural heritage of the Balkans, in particular the heritage dating from the Ottoman period. This edition contains the Albanian translation of the "Preface to the English edition" which was authored by Prof. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, followedby Dr. Kiel's Historical- Topographical Introduction about Albania which constitutesPart Iof thebook.Part II is the main body, "A Surveyof the Monumentsof Ottoman Architecture",accordingtotheregions – 23regions.Part III has theConclusion. At theendof thebookthe reader finds a "Conclusion to the Albanian edition" written by Machiel Kiel, her with a Bibliography and a Glossary