Mangalem Quarter
Mangalem
Layers of Ottoman white houses stacked up a hillside, with rows of large windows facing the valley: the classic scene of the 'City of a Thousand Windows.'
Mangalem is Berat's best-known old Muslim quarter, lying between the southern slope of the castle hill and the Osum River. Its 18th- and 19th-century white-walled houses with wooden windows stack up along the slope. From across the river they look like countless windows piled on top of one another, which is how the town earned its name, the 'City of a Thousand Windows.' Stone stairways and lanes wind through the district like a maze, and many old houses have been converted into family guesthouses and restaurants where you can stay. The best photo spot is across the river in Gorica, near the old Gorica Bridge, where the light is best in early morning and at sunset.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Bachelors' Mosque
- Republic Boulevard & Evening Xhiro
- King Mosque & Halveti Tekke
- Ethnographic Museum of Berat
- St. Michael's Church, Berat
- Gorica Quarter
- Berat Castle
- Lead Mosque, Berat