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Mysteries of Sazan Island: Loved by Italy and Greece, Used by the Soviet Union

2022-06-06 21:40:58Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Mysteries of Sazan Island: Loved by Italy and Greece, Used by the Soviet Union
The mysteries of the island of Sazan

Sazan Island continues under fire for 3 days. The situation remains critical, as strong winds have helped advance the fires. Dense vegetation and wind hinder the intervention of army troops, engaged in extinguishing fires.

The biggest danger is unexploded ordnance, which has remained there since the island served as a military base.

But what is the history of the only genuine island off the Albanian coast?

Sazan Island is an incomparable beauty of our aquatic nature, which again remains in the context of the mysterious.

History has spoken of Sazani as one of the most suitable fortresses to protect the city of Vlora and the surrounding coasts. Today, this story is over because Albania is a member of NATO and Sazani can become one of the most interesting tourist pearls of the Mediterranean.

Mysteries of Sazan Island: Loved by Italy and Greece, Used by the Soviet Union

The name of Sazan Island is mentioned since ancient times, starting from the VI century BC with the name Sason. During the Middle Ages, the island passed into Venetian possession, while during the Balkan Wars, Greece occupied the island. The decisions of the Conference of Ambassadors in London in 1913 forced him to withdraw from Sazani.

During World War I, the island was occupied by Italy. The war of Vlora in 1920 made it possible for them to withdraw from Vlora, but still kept Sazani under rule, until 1943, when Albania was occupied by the German Nazis.

On October 21, 1944 the island was liberated and since then it is part of the integrity and sovereignty of the Albanian state.

During the Cold War, Sazani, together with the Pasha Limani naval base in Orikum, Vlora, became one of the key points of the Soviet and Albanian Red Army in the Mediterranean. From the time of Julius Caesar until the Second World War, a number of naval battles took place on the coast around the Gulf of Vlora, as a result of which several ships were sunk.

A part of underwater relics such as amphorae and other objects have been recovered by Albanian archaeologists and are exhibited in the National Historical Museum and the Archaeological Museum in Durrës. During the Cold War, the island of Sazan served as a naval base where mainly cruise ships, coastal artillery, etc. were stationed. During that period, the island was inhabited by about 10 thousand inhabitants who were mostly relatives of the officers serving on the island. During the Cold War, the island of Sazan together with the bay of Vlora were considered the most difficult front for the Albanian Army. For this reason, the people serving on the island received special treatment from the government at the time.

Mysteries of Sazan Island: Loved by Italy and Greece, Used by the Soviet Union

The surface of the island is 5.7 square kilometers and lies at the entrance of the Bay of Vlora. Its geographical extent is southeast-northwest at a length of 4.8 kilometers. Its greatest width is 2 kilometers. The coastline of the island is slightly broken. On the west side, almost in the middle of it, the Gorge of Hell is formed, which is a small bay, but open and very deep. On the east coast, the Gulf of Shënkolla is formed, where the naval-military port of the island was built, and to its south lies the Gulf of Japrak.

This is where the Admiral Sandy Beach is located. The island consists of two monolithic rocky hills with a maximum height of 342 meters. The elevation of this relief immediately from the sea, creates the impression of a very high altitude.

The heights of the island decrease from the edges towards the center. Its two valleys, that of the Creek of Hell and the Creek of Shënkol, which depart from the Neck of the Screws, divide the island into two parts, the North, which is the highest, full 342 meters, and the South, which is 331 meters high. meters.

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