The works for the maintenance of the cultural property "House of Pashko Vasa" in Shkodra have entered the next phase. The Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage of this city has announced that "the exterior and interior spaces have been restored, consolidating the plastering of the walls to guarantee the preservation and sustainability of the building."
According to history, the House of Pashko Vasa is one of the most important cultural heritage objects in Shkodra. The works are being carried out respecting old restoration techniques, with the aim of preserving the authenticity of this historical building.
"The house, which has a history of over 300 years, has historical and touristic importance. It is known not only as the birthplace of Pashko Vasa, but also as the headquarters of the Prizren branch of the Albanian League," the announcement reads.
The house is surrounded by the high walls characteristic of Shkodra and in its courtyard there are still the stone well, the stone trough for washing clothes, the stone basin for rinsing clothes and the carved stone staircase. Today, this house is a cultural monument, first category, and has been returned as private property to the heirs since 1971.
Vaso Pashë Shkodrani, born in Shkodra on 17 September 1825 and died in Beirut on 29 June 1892, known in Albanian literature simply as Pashko Vasa, was an official of the British consulate in Ottoman Shkodra, a cavalry officer in Bologna, a revolutionary of the Risorgimento, an official of the Ottoman Empire and an activist of the Albanian National Movement. For his services to the empire, he was decorated with the "Osmanije" and "Mexhidije" medals, in gold and silver. In 1978, on the occasion of the centenary of the League of Prizren, his remains were repatriated and are buried in the martyrs' cemetery in Shkodra.
