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After the designation of the capital, all the provinces administered by Durr\u00ebs, quickly connected with the new government of Tirana and began to act according to its orders. The National Government of Tirana started its activity as an independent organization, headed by the Supreme Council elected by the Congress. <i>(In the photo: View from Tirana in 1920.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Text:<\/strong> <i>History of the Albanian People &#8211; Vol. III <\/i>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, &#8220;Toena&#8221;, Tirana, 2007, page 148.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 https:\/\/www.tiranadailytours.com\/good-to-know-about-tirana\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tirana became the capital of Albania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ngjarje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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