TIRANA - Restoration of roofs and facades has been completed in 210 houses of Vuno and Dhermi villages.

Cultural heritage buildings such as Pirro Gjikopulli and Lluke Petro Zhupa dwellings are under restoration. Ceilings and other interior decorative elements are also undergoing restoration.

"Urban requalification and buildings restoration in the Historical Center and Protected Areas of Dhermi and Vuno villages" is a project implemented by the Albanian Development Fund in cooperation with the Institute of Cultural Monuments. This project is part of the investment program “Community Works IV ¬- Development of the Albanian Alps and the Coastal Areas” financed by the Albanian government and Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB).

Construction of the underground engineering network and cobblestones reconstruction is progressing at the same pace with building restoration.

Restoration of buildings has encouraged locals to invest and transform their houses into hostels and restaurants.

  

“Community Works IV ¬- Development of the Albanian Alps and the Coastal Areas” is a major investment program in southern Albania, the Albanian Alps region, as well as in districts of Vlora, Gjirokastra, Dibra, Shkodra and municipalities of Himara, Vlora, Gjirokastra, Mat, and Puka. Programi Punët në Komunitet IV – Zhvillimi i Alpeve Shqiptare dhe Zonës Bregdetare)

The main objective of the program is to promote sustainable socio-economic development in areas of high tourism potential, through improvement of integrated public infrastucture while respecting environment and preserving cultural and historical heritage.

In the municipality of Himara, the program foresees several integrated investment packages for which work has started last year.

 

Road Infrastructure, parking lots, tourist infrastructure in Jale and Dhermi beaches, reconstruction of roads, cobblestones, water and sewerage, facades, roofs, squares (Petro Marko and Strungli squares in Vuno and Dhermi villages). Meanwhile, works are in process for urban spaces such as benches along the promenade, construction of the waterfall (Ujevara e Shkronjave) and other elements.

All investments aim to create opportunities for enriching the tourism offer with cultural and historical elements and promoting private businesses even in those areas of the southern coast that have been neglected so far.