Sazan Island Soviet Military Base, Vlorë
Historic Building near Vlorë
CC BY-SA 4.0 / Visem
Sazan is the largest island in Albania, with an area of 5.8 square kilometres, was a Soviet military base, and perhaps even a chemical weapons plant. In 2015 it made the newsfollowing decades of silence, when it was eventually opened to the public. You can spend a day pottering through tunnels and bunkers designed to survive a nuclear assault!
An interesting side effect-the position of Sazan, where the Ionian and Adriatic Seas converge, offers the Albanian mainland a subtropical climate of differing weather conditions for being so nearby.
The Sazan Island Soviet Military Base appears in our Complete Guide to Visiting Vlorë!
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Nearby Attractions
- Zvernec Monastery (10.7) km
Historic Building - Tomb of Ismail Qemali (18.0) km
Tomb - Vlorë Museum of National Independence (18.0) km
Museum - National Museum of Independence, Vlorë (18.0) km
Museum - Vlorë Museum of Historic Relics (18.1) km
Museum - Muzeu Historik, Vlorë (18.1) km
Museum - Vlorë Independence Monument (18.1) km
Monument - Muradie Mosque in Vlore (18.1) km
Mosque - Muradie Mosque, Vlorë (18.1) km
Mosque - Vlorë Ethnographic Museum (18.1) km
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