The Englishman's Tower Explained

The Englishman’s Tower
Other Name:	Kulla inglizit
Coordinates:	42.0681°N 19.5128°W
Type:	Clock tower
Location:	Rruga Teuta, Shkodër, Albania
Height:	16.35m (53.64feet)
Built:	19th Century
Founder:	Lord Paget and Lord Alfred Paget
Architecture:	English Architecture

The Englishman’s Tower, was built in the 19th Century in Shkodër, Albania by Lord Paget, an English Protestant Missionary.

History

Construction and use as a residence

Paget came and settled in Shkodër and lived in the Paget Villa/English Tower, which was built by his father Lord Alfred Paget for the Protestant Missionaries headquarters. In the 1940s Edith Durham wrote an article "George Paget’s house in Shkodër" which was still standing. Edith Durham like George Paget was a Member of the Anglo-Albanian Association.

Museum

When WW2 ended the building was turned into a museum. After Enver Hoxha ordered the clocks to be removed from the Tower,Pagets Villa/English Tower continued to house the ethnographic museum until 1990.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Albania

Notes and References

1. Web site: A clock tower without clocks. 2017 .
2. Web site: The XIX century clock tower.
3. Web site: Shkodër: Albania’s Northern Gateway. 2013 .
4. Web site: Mekuli Press. 2019 .