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2023-05-30 21:26:00, Politikë CNA

Veliaj: We will soon start work on a new Italian embassy in Tirana

The Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj

From the 1st to the 7th of June in many cities of the country, a series of activities will be organized for the Italian Week of Culture.

During a ceremony in Tirana on the eve of this week's opening, the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj said that the new Italian Embassy building will soon be built in the capital.

"We were three years old when we opened the competition for the new embassy of the Italian Republic. Now we will close the competition, so we will announce the winner of the new embassy. It is conceived as a gallery, as an open door. There are few offices where the officials will definitely work, but most of them are accessible from the city, both for visiting and for the gallery, and just as this house has become perhaps one of the most frequented houses in our city, despite the fact that it is formally the residence of ambassador, but basically it is a city gallery. The whole concept of the new embassy is to be a room, a gallery, a large space of the city, where some Italian officials also work. We will present the project during the week. It will most likely be the most beautiful Italian embassy in the world," said Veliaj.

He also appreciated the multitude of events that will take place during the Italian Culture Week in Tirana and beyond, where he singled out the Day dedicated to the Arbëreshes.

"I am very happy that we will have a part of the Arbër community that will be represented with an activity related to the kitchen and how there was a fusion of Arbër cuisine, the old Albanian cuisine with the Italian one but on top of that all the clothes too, especially after a year where we took the jubilee to UNESCO. The fact that after 500 years not only the language is protected, but the clothes are preserved is something very big," stated Veliaj.

Italy Week will travel from north to south as numerous sports, cultural and artistic activities are planned in Tirana, Shkodër, Vlorë, Përmet, Gjirokastër, Korçë, Berat, etc.. Among them the celebration of the Republic Day, the concert of the Planet group Funk, Science Festival, the day dedicated to Arbëresh, Pizza Village, Run For Autism./ CNA.al