Po redaktohet Krujë (paragraf)

=== Modern history ===

[[File:Króia - Lear Edward - 1851.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Town and fortress of Kruja depicted by [[Edward Lear]], 30 September 1848.<ref>{{cite web|editor-last=Elsie|editor-first=Robert|title=Albania in the Painting of Edward Lear (1848)|url=http://www.albanianart.net/painting/lear/lear010-12.htm|website=albanianart.net}}</ref>]]

During the [[Rise of nationalism under the Ottoman Empire|rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire]] Krujë became the battlefield of various anti-Ottoman rebellions also related with the imposition of new taxes. In 1906 the people of Krujë revolted once more against the Ottoman Empire.<ref name="gibb">Gibb p.285</ref> The [[Wāli]] of [[Shkodër]], Sali Zeki Pasha sent four battalions of the Ottoman army stationed in the city against the rebels of Krujë.[[File:Kruja Albania 2016 old bazaar.jpg|thumb|290px|The old bazaar and the mosque of Krujë]] After prolonged confrontations the Ottoman officials offered to begin negotiations with the rebels. On 20 September 1906 the leaders of Krujë and the Ottoman diplomats met at the Tallajbe quarter of Krujë to discuss the administrative status of the town, however, the Ottoman army under Şemsi Pasha ambushed the rebel leaders.<ref name="ash">History of the Albanian People p.450-70</ref> During the battle that followed, which became known in history after the Tallajbe district, about 30 people died including uninvolved civilians.<ref name="gibb"/><ref name="ash"/>
Throughout the [[Albanian Revolt of 1912]], that led to the creation of the [[Albanian Vilayet]] and later in the [[Albanian Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence of Albania]] Krujë, which was captured on 14 August, was one of the major anti-Ottoman centers.<ref name="pearsona">Pearson vol.1 p.27</ref> In 1914 [[Essad Toptani]], a member of the notable Toptani family of the region and officer of the Ottoman army, captured the town and incorporated it in the [[Republic of Central Albania]] making it a center of his movement, but in June of the same year it was reincorporated by [[Prênk Bibë Doda]] in the [[Principality of Albania]].<ref name="gibb"/><ref>Pearson vol.1 p.71</ref> On 20 December 1914 the local anti-Essadists, led by [[Abdi Toptani]] and Mehmet Gjinali, formed the Union of Krujë, which quickly extended its authority in central Albania.<ref name="pearsona"/><ref>Pearson vol.1 p.84</ref>

Following the [[Italian invasion of Albania]] the country became a [[protectorate]] of the [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]]. [[Mustafa Merlika-Kruja]], a native of Krujë, who became the Prime Minister of the new regime ordered the formation of a 300-man gendarmerie force to defend the town against resistance groups. However, soon afterward, resistance leader [[Abaz Kupi]], another native of the town, created one of the first permanent resistance forces of Albania in Krujë and gradually took control of the region.<ref>Fischer p.111</ref> In 1943 at the assembly of Tapizë [[Balli Kombëtar]] proposed to the [[National Liberation Movement (Albania)|LNÇ]] the creation of provisional resistance government, with Krujë as the capital city, but this proposal was rejected by the LNÇ leaders.<ref>Fischer p.150</ref> In the end of November 1944, the last German troops stationed in the area were defeated and LNÇ battalions entered the town.