It was built before 1860 and it was the birthplace, and family seat, of King Zog I of the Albanians and also Xhemal Pasha Zogu.

This was Castle Burgajet, citadel of the chieftain of Mati...the biggest house for miles and the only one with glazed windows.

Salon chairs, draperies, table-lamps, and bric-a-brac..."[3]His family were the traditional feudal rulers of the Mat District of Albania and were large landowners.

This (along with it being looted and set alight by the Yugoslav Army in 1920) was a factor leading to Castle Burgajet falling into ruin.

Before King Zog was forced to flee Albania, he had an ambitious plan to rebuild the Castle but this never transpired; during his reign, however, a plaque commemorated his birth there.