A name shaped by the pass
Këlcyrë’s history is tied to the gorge and the routes that used it. Castle Hill makes this logic of defence and control visible.
History
The geography came first.
The history of Këlcyrë follows the gorge: the name it gave, the fortifications that climbed it, and the fighting that passed through it.
Power along the corridor
Fortifications and the palaces associated with the Këlcyra family are distinct sites. This atlas does not merge them into one monument.
The pass as a front line
During the Greco-Italian War, terrain around the pass became a battle zone. Local memory deserves documentation without spectacle.
A town within a wild-river park
The declaration of Vjosa Wild River National Park changed how the valley can describe its future.
Klisura · 40°17′ N
Topography is the first source.
The sketch connects gorge, hill, town, and road. It does not draw archaeological boundaries — those are not published.
Where the record goes deeper
The pass fortifications — the castle and the saray — are handled with their sources in the gorge article. The January 1941 battle, with its divisions and military cemetery, has its own piece.