Stone Upon The Stone

The castle of Shkodra, or Rozafa Castle, in the light of the morning sun. A rather gruesome legend describes how a young mother had to be immured by her husband and his two brothers to guarantee the completion of the castle. Whether there is a true core to the legend or not. The amount of human labour required to build the castle on top of the hill is hard to imagine today. During my reading into the castle's legend I found an English interpretation of the legend's poem which captures the sadness of the story quite well: Building Skadar by David Kelly

21 August 2022