Dorëzi Fortress

The Dorëzi Fortress is situated close to Dorëz village in Albania, 5 km east of Pezë and 20 km southwest of Tirana.

It is the oldest in the Tirana County and dates to the 9th century BC.

The ruins of the fortress are to be found in one of the highest hills of the Krrabë, at about 479 metres (1,572 ft) above sea level.

The surrounding wall is in its southern part, and is 300 metres (980 ft) long from east to west.

The fortress construction seems to have had three phases—the first with raw stones, the second with carved blocks placed with no mortar (Hellenistic period) and the third with crushed stones and the use of mortar (4th–6th centuries AD).