History
Lëkurësi Castle was built in 1537 by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire. It was built in order to defend against the Venetians. It held a garrison of 220 soldiers as well. The region traditionally belonged to the southern part of the region of Himara. At the end of the 18th century, the castle was attacked by Ali Pasha of Ioannina and the surrounding habitation raided.
The castle used to withhold the old Lëkurës village. It has a square shape with two round towers on its north-western and south-eastern corners. To climb up to the castle, visitors need to leave the main road on Qafë Gjashtë and go up the town hill from the other side of the town.
Today tourist facilities are built next to the castle (restaurant etc.) in similar architectural style.
Source: Wiki.
Update 2021: The plants have injured a cacher. He is no longer lying with the plants, but in the corner.
Update 2020: The location grew up till placement. With dialog to experienced caches the D goes +1. The Cache is quite more difficult to reache now. Beware from the plants. Look at the attributes.
The Cache:
More or less a drive in!
It's a cache to show people the wonderful view downhill to the town. The castle was (as for the folk told) build in the 15. to 16. century by the osmanien people. Live you feel it more rebuild/cared as part of albanien history, where tourists meet. More information can you find in the internet, but now to the cache:
This cache you find on the southern side of the castle. Just follow the spoilers...
Happy huinting!!
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