Albanian churches

 

I'm back from my holiday in Albania and thought I'd share some pics with you ......there are loads of them as you can imagine so I am going to share some church pics......I love a good church and these were certainly very special.

 So, although this blog post is called Albanian churches this one is actually in Macedonia, overlooking Lake Ohrid.

 So, onto Albanian churches.....this one was tucked away and the shepherd who holds the key for it let us in....

 there were some old men outside playing dominoes

 and inside were the most beautiful Medeival frescoes.......gobsmacking!

 Another day we climbed up this hill passing this little shrine on the way......

 to this church nestled in the trees on the hillside......

 again we were let in by the holder of this giant old key.........

 before we went inside there were frescoes painted on the outside of the church too........

 sadly many are now damaged by graffitti.....

 and then inside.......this was a very special place......Medeival frescoes with cobwebs and bats flying around

 unfortunately the church had recently had some of its carved pillars stolen......such a shame as they are never likely to be recovered.

There were others but I won't bore you with any more! 

Will be back with more pics of different stuff later:)