The ‘Accursed Mountains of Northern Albania. The harsh and unforgiving landscape of hills is renown for outlaws and bandits and is mentioned by the explorer Edith Durham in her seminal work “High Albania” (1909). The land is still governed by the ancient Kanun of Lek and blood feuds are still common.
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Albania – Thethi – The ‘Accursed Mountains of Northern Albania. The harsh and unforgiving landscape of hills is renown for outlaws and bandits and is mentioned by the explorer Edith Durham in her seminal work “High Albania” (1909). The land is still governed by the ancient Kanun of Lek and blood feuds are still common.