The Tirana Coat of Arms, also known as the Emblem of the Municipality of Tirana or the Shield of Tirana, is the city

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Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

. The emblem portrays two notable

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of the capital: ''Kulla e Sahatit'' (Clock Tower of Tirana) and the Tirana Castle, officially named ''Kalaja e Justinianit'' (Fortress of Justinian). The Emblem of Tirana also includes the Coat of arms of the

Skuraj family The Skura (also, ''Skuraj'', ''Skurraj'', ''Skurra'', ''Scura'', ''Sgouros'', ''Ozgur'', ''Uzgur'') were a medieval Albanian feudal family centred around the historical and ethnographic region of Benda in the highlands north-east of modern Tiran ...

One lion and

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. The Skuraj was an Albanian noble family that ruled over the region of nowadays Central Albania in the Late Middle Ages.

History

The coat of arms was approved by the city council on November 14, 2000.

History

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