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The Royal Palace or Oborri Mbretëror Shqipetar, formerly known as "The Palace of Brigades" (), is a royal palace situated in Tirana, Albania. It previously served as the main official residence of King Zog I. It has been used by different Albanian governments for various purposes. In 1945 it officially ceased to serve as a residence because the monarchist regime was substituted with the Communist one. Since then, it has been used by the Government for ceremonies and state receptions. ==History== Albania was much behind other countries in the matter of economic development, and there was need for the construction of all sorts of public works. Therefore the Minister of Finance, Mufid Libohova, entered into negotiations with a group of Italian financiers represented by Mario Alberti. An agreement was made for the opening of a National Bank and for a loan of 50,000,000 gold francs (approximately 10,000,000 gold dollars). This loan, also called "The SVEA Loan", made it possible for the King to build the Royal Palace. The new palace was designed by three Italian architects, and the Sauk Hills were chosen for its location. Due to the outbreak of World War II, and the 1939 Italian Invasion of Albania, King Zog I fled Albania and never had a chance to see the Palace fully constructed. The Italians finished it and used it as the Army Headquarters. The building served as a Royal Palace only once, for King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy during his only visit to Albania in May 1941.〔 During the remainder of World War II it served as the official residence for Francesco Jacomoni, the first ''Luogotenente del Re'' (the title of the Italian Viceroy), and later for his successor, the Fascist General Alberto Pariani.〔 Both lived there along with their families. After Italy capitulated in September 1943, the Albanian officer who served the Palace hid the palace's official flag from the Germans and sent it to Italy, where it remained until 2003, when it was purchased by Artan Lame and returned to Albania.〔 After the German takeover of the country in September 1943, the Albanian parliament convened in the Palace and proclaimed the detachment of the Albanian Crown from the Italian Crown. In 1945 the Palace was renamed Palace of the Brigades, a name which remained in use throughout the Communist regime,〔 and it is sometimes still in use by the Albanian media. During the Communist regime it served as a Government reception facility. The official term used after the communist regime's fall in 1992 and until 2013 was "Presidential Palace". After 1945 the building served as the Presidential Palace for official receptions. In January 2010, the Municipality of Tirana proposed that the Palace be opened to the public.〔 In August 2013 the head of the former royal House of Zogu won a legal bid to have the palace and other properties restored to him. It is located on the side of the Tirana Park on the Artificial Lake. Construction began by Ahmet Zogu as a Royal Palace in 1939, but the building was not finished until 1941, by which time Zogu had left the country due to the Italian invasion of Albania. The Palace is adjacent to the Tirana Park on the Artificial Lake. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pallati i Brigadave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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