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IMG_8498 - Each tall haystack is piled around a pole. The outer surface is combed with a rake to give a rain-shedding surface.
IMG_8499 - These mountains are rich in iron, nickel, cobalt, and chromium.
IMG_8501 - The mineral resources encouraged industry and development during the Communist era.
IMG_8504 - This very high train bridge is from Communist times. It is now out of use.
IMG_8506 - At Librazhd, the Shkumbini River goes north and the Shkumbin flows through Elbasan and out to the Adriatic Sea.
IMG_8509 - Librazhd. Notice the occupied, half-finished house. Owners sometimes leave them like that to avoid taxes.
IMG_8510 - After Christian and Ottoman eras, and then the Communists, this wound up a very secular community.
IMG_8531 - The Shkumbin River (Lumi Shkumbin) which flows west, out to the Adriatic Sea
IMG_8534 - A floodplain of the Shkumbin River