Exclusive photo/ Accused of destroying historical values, photos showing restoration revealed

2025-06-29 19:13:00, Aktualitet CNA

Exclusive photo/ Accused of destroying historical values, photos showing

An incorrect news item is circulating on various websites regarding the works being carried out at the "Thoma Turtulli" children's library in the city of Korça.

Below we bring back the photos that created speculation on the internet.

Exclusive photo/ Accused of destroying historical values, photos showing

Removing library doors

Works on the main door

Earlier, CNA published an exclusive material regarding the truth of the situation at the "Thoma Turtulli" library in Korça.

Exclusive/ What is happening with the "Thoma Turtulli" library in Korça?
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Official sources told CNA about the phase of the works at the library and in which parts specific repairs are being carried out.

CNA has provided photographic materials and filmed footage showing where the library materials of the "Thoma Turtulli" library in Korça are located, which were in fact not removed to be replaced, but to be restored.

Door restoration

The following photos show that the door is located in a barn and is being restored to its previous condition. It is being cleaned of the oil paint, any damage it may have suffered over the years, and will be returned and placed back where it was.

Exclusive photo/ Accused of destroying historical values, photos showing

A duralumin door has been temporarily installed in the library. It was found as a solution because it will be a construction site and could not be left without a door, because vagrants, unauthorized people could enter the facility during the works, and such a door was installed to protect it.

Library

The area will be fenced off to carry out a complete reconstruction.

Exclusive photo/ Accused of destroying historical values, photos showing

CNA brings other materials and photographs to illustrate the situation at the "Thoma Turtulli" children's library and the restoration.

These other photographs show the state of the building, how it had been demolished and the damage to the facade, the placement of bars and railings in the library, the damage to the windows and doors, and the graffiti on the library's exterior walls.

View from the entrance stairs

Damage to windows and facade

Photos from the old door

Exclusive photo/ Accused of destroying historical values, photos showing

Damage to the facade

Exclusive photo/ Accused of destroying historical values, photos showing

Damage near the entrance stairs

The inscriptions on the windows

A very poor condition of the facility, which very soon, with an investment of 250 million old lek, is expected to turn the library of special historical and cultural importance for the city of Korça into a true heritage asset.

The library, above all, will serve the function of children, and even more so, with the form it will take. In addition to a library, there will also be technology rooms, computers, and a reading room, for the function of children and citizens.