Po redaktohet Krujë (paragraf)

== Culture ==

=== Religion ===

[[File:Kruja,_Sari_Saltek.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sari Saltik]] on top of Mt Kruja]]

In antiquity Krujë was a site used for [[Paleo-Balkan mythology|pagan rituals]], while after the spread of Christianity a church dedicated to [[Pope Alexander I|Saint Alexander]] was built near Mount Krujë. In the late 9th century David of Krujë is mentioned as one of the bishops, who participated in the [[Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic)|Fourth Council of Constantinople]]. In the early 10th century Krujë had an [[Eastern Orthodox]] suffragan bishop, subject to the metropolitan bishop of Durrës. The Roman Catholic bishopric of Krujë was established in 1167, when its bishop was consecrated by [[Pope Alexander III]].<ref>Lala p.157</ref> In 1284 the Byzantine Empire expelled the Catholic bishop of Krujë, while after [[Stefan Uroš II Milutin]] captured the town, he also expelled the Catholic bishop Andreas Croensis in 1317.<ref>Lala p.108</ref>

In ''[[Illyricum Sacrum]]'' [[Daniele Farlati]] documented fourteen Catholics bishops of the town from 1286 to 1694, while [[Konrad Eubel]] documented four additional bishops. Bektashism was introduced in the region of Krujë in the early 18th century.<ref>Birge p.71</ref> During the Ottoman era a [[cemevi|tekke]] dedicated to the [[Bektashi]] saint [[Sari Saltik]] was built near the church of Saint Alexander. In 1789–99 the '''[[Teqe of Dollme|Dollma tekke]]''' was built by the Dollma family near the castle. In 1807 '''Sheikh Mimi''', sent by [[Ali Pasha of Yanina|Ali Pasha]] to Krujë founded another tekke in the town. However, Sheikh Mimi was executed by Kaplan Pasha, who destroyed the tekke, which was restored by '''Baba Husayn''' of Dibër in the mid-19th century.<ref>Norris p.131</ref> In the early 20th century, Hasluck wrote that the population of Krujë ("Croia") appeared to be almost entirely Bektashi.<ref>Hasluck, F. W (1915). "Geographic Distribution of the Bektashi". ''Annual of the British School at Athens'' Volume 21 : page 121 -- " Croia.-The population of this town seems to be almost exclusively Bektashi. Its extraordinary importance as a place of Bektashi pilgrimage is brought out by Degrand's interesting account of the saints' tombs, traditionally 366 in number, in and about the town"</ref>

=== Museums ===

[[File:Muzeum Skanderbega w Kruji 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Skanderbeg Museum]] with the [[Fethiye Mosque (Krujë)|Fatih Sultan Mehmet mosque]] in the front]]

The museums of Krujë include the [[Skanderbeg Museum]] and the national ethnographic museum. The Skanderbeg Museum, founded in 1982, was built in the environs of the [[Krujë castle]]. Its collection includes mostly 15th century artefacts related to the Albanian-Ottoman wars, during which the castle was besieged four times by the Ottoman army.<ref name="nat">N.A.T</ref> The national ethnographic museum of Krujë was founded in 1989 and is located in a 15–6-room villa of the Toptani family built in 1764. The main exhibits of the museum are objects of artisanship, whose age varies from 60 to 500 years.<ref name="nat"/>

=== Sports ===

Krujë's most important football club is [[KS Kastrioti]], founded in 1926 and briefly renamed as ''Puna Krujë'' in 1951. The club's home ground is [[Kastrioti Stadium]], which has a capacity of 8,500 people.