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It is in the Vau i Dejës Reservoir, which is fed and drained by the river Drin. It is accessible by tourist boat in summer from the Vau i Dejës dam or Rragam. It contains the ruins of the medieval town of Sarda. You can visit the ruins of the 11th-century medieval castle, which includes two rings of defensive walls and towers (some submerged in the lake), the remains of a Byzantine church and other early medieval walls. The setting on the steep rocks rising from the lake is especially impressive.
Shurdhah, also known as Sarda or Sardania, is an island in northern Albania in the Vau i Dejës Reservoir. It was formed after the flooding of the Drin river valley during the construction of the HPS. It is the largest island in the reservoir with an area of 7.5 hectares. From the most northern tip of the island to the most southern tip of it, it has an estimated length of 390 m (1,280 ft). It is accessible by tourist boat in summer from the Vau i Dejës dam or Rragam. Shurdhah is attested in medieval sources as Sarda and its submerged area was an early medieval settlement in Albania linked to the Komani-Kruja culture.
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Kalaja e Drishtit
A ruined castle, above the modern village of Drisht—medieval Drivastum—in the municipal unit of Postribë, Shkodër County. The earliest traces of Drishte Castle's fortifications date to the late Neolithic era. The walls and towers date to 1396-1478 during the Venetian era. From the Drisht village, there are two ways uphill to the castle. A guide is available living at the village by the mosque for a fee.
a town and municipality in Shkodër County, overlooking the town, near the Drin River. Here stand the ruins of Castle of Danja, one of the most well-known medieval fortresses in northern Albania. The castle held great strategic importance from the 13th to the 15th centuries and is mentioned as a key point in the wars and alliances between Albanian principalities and foreign powers such as Venice and the Ottoman Empire.
Albanian: Ura e Mesit
This bridge was built in the 18th century by Kara Mahmud Bushati, the local Ottoman pasha.