The Japanese Agency "JATA" has published the list of the most beautiful cities in the world according to it. Among them is the Albanian city of Berat, which has been included in this classification because for the architectural and cultural values it possesses. The classification was made on the basis of proposals from 300 tourist agencies.
Mangalemi and Gorrica! Two most characteristic neighborhoods of the city. Houses built one above the other, which no painter could put in so beautiful way, gave it the name of Berat: "The City of 1000 Windows".
The streets of these neighborhoods are paved with cobblestones, where stone-crafted craftsmen have left their lregacy to the younger generations. The walls of the houses are constructed of sculpted stones where they shine from the lime whitewash. The pure air of the surrounding pines, their permanent greenery, hills covered with fig trees and olive trees, beautiful and ancient mosques in the center of the city, among which the most famous are the King Mosque (1512). The Lead Mosque (1555) , Mosque of Singles (1827), and the Mosque of Celebi Hysen Pasha (grandson of Kara Mahmud Pasha) in the Murat Celepias neighborhood, are evidence that Beratas citizens like all other citizens of Albania live in harmony with each other regardless of the religion./Oculus News
