Durrës District was one of the thirty-six districts of Albania that is now part of Durrës County. With a population of 242,801, it stretched over an area of 433 km². The district seat was Durrës.
Krujë District was one of the thirty-six districts of Albania that is now part of Durrës County. It had a population of 67,698, and an area of 333 km². It is in the centre of the country, and its capital was Krujë.
The Krujë castle is a castle in the city of Krujë, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg's rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. Inside the castle is the Teqe of Dollme of the Bektashi, the National Skanderbeg Museum, the remains of the Fatih Sultan Mehmed mosque and its minaret, an ethnographic museum and a Turkish bath.
The first Siege of Krujë occurred in 1450 when an Ottoman army of approximately 100,000 men laid siege to the Albanian town of Krujë. The League of Lezhë, led by Skanderbeg, experienced low morale after losing Svetigrad and Berat between 1448 and 1450. Nevertheless, Skanderbeg's exhortations and the support of the clergy, who claimed to have had visions of angels and victory, motivated the Albanians to defend the capital of the League, Krujë, at all costs. After leaving a protective garrison of 4,000 men under his trusted lieutenant Vrana Konti, Skanderbeg harassed the Ottoman camps around Krujë and attacked the supply caravans of Sultan Murad II's army. By September the Ottoman camp was in disarray as morale sank and disease ran rampant. The Ottoman army acknowledged that the castle of Krujë would not fall by strength of arms, lifted the siege, and made its way to Edirne. Soon thereafter, in the winter of 1450–51, Murad died in Edirne and was succeeded by his son, Mehmed II.
The second siege of Krujë took place from 1466 to 1467. Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire led an army into Albania to defeat Skanderbeg, the leader of the League of Lezhë, which was created in 1444 after he began his war against the Ottomans. During the almost year-long siege, Skanderbeg's main fortress, Krujë, withstood the siege while Skanderbeg roamed Albania to gather forces and facilitate the flight of refugees from the civilian areas that were attacked by the Ottomans. Krujë managed to withstand the siege put on it by Ballaban Badera, sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Ohrid, an Albanian brought up in the Ottoman army through the devşirme. By 23 April 1467, the Ottoman army had been defeated and Skanderbeg entered Krujë.
The Fourth Siege of Krujë by the Ottoman Empire of Krujë in Albania occurred in 1478, ten years after the death of the Skanderbeg, and resulted in the town's capture after the failure of three prior sieges.
Klubi Sportiv Kastrioti Krujë is an Albanian football club based in the city of Krujë. The club's home ground is the Kastrioti Stadium which has a capacity of 8,000 spectators and they currently compete in the Albanian Superliga.
Kastrioti Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Krujë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Kastrioti Krujë.
Renaldo Kalari is an Albanian professional footballer who plays for Partizani Tirana in the Albanian Superliga.
Klubi Sportiv Iliria Fushë-Krujë is an Albanian football club based in the small town of Fushë-Krujë.
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He served as Prime Minister of Albania during the Italian occupation from December 4, 1941 to January 19, 1943.
Fushë-Krujë is a town in Durrës County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Krujë. The population at the 2011 census was 18,477. The city has gained wider fame due to President George W. Bush's visit on Sunday, 10 June 2007. Fushë-Krujë was also the site of one of Skanderbeg's famous battles. Shote Galica, Albania's Kosovar Heroine, died here in 1927.
Matko Djarmati is a Croatian retired footballer.
Kosta Bajić is a Serbian football striker who plays for Bratstvo Gračanica in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Megi Luka is an Albanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Albania 2015 and represented Albania at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.
2015–16 Albanian Cup was the sixty-four season of Albania's annual cup competition. KF Laçi are the most recent winners of the competition, that being their second Cup trophy.
The 2016 Albanian Cup Final was a football match played on 22 May 2016 to decide the winner of the 2015–16 Albanian Cup, the 64th edition of Albania's primary football cup.
The Sultan Mehmed Fatih mosque of Krujë or Fethiye Mosque is an Ottoman-era mosque built before 1481 inside the Krujë Castle of Krujë, Albania. It is near the entrance of the Skanderbeg Museum.
