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How “Albanian” was Georgios Kastriotis or Skanderbeg, what does the domed tomb at the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos hide?

Questions about Georgios Kastriotis: The “Tower of the Albanian” on Mount Athos, the relations of Ioannis Kastriotis, Georgios’s father, with Mount Athos – The arcosolium (domed tomb) at the Hilandar Monastery and who has been buried there

29 May 1453: The Day Constantinople Fell

A historic and sad day for the Western civilization