Rozafa Castle

Rozafa Castle stands on a rocky hill at the confluence of the Buna and Drin rivers near Shkoder, Albania, with origins tracing back to the Early Bronze Age, roughly 4,000 years ago. The earliest fortification walls date to the 4th-3rd century BC, when it served as the citadel of the Illyrian city of Scodra, capital of the Labeatae tribe under King Gentius. Cyclopean walls of massive arranged rocks dating to c. 350 BC survive between the first two castle gates. The visible walls are mostly Venetian construction. A famous Albanian legend tells of a woman named Rozafa immured in the walls during construction. The castle and its surroundings form an Archaeological Park of Albania.