Burgajet Castle

Burgajet Castle

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Burgajet Castle (also rendered Buragajet Castle; Albanian: Castle Burgajeti) is described in the sources as a large fortified house and the ancestral home of the Zogu (Zogolli) family. Multiple independent biographical and genealogical sources identify Burgajet as the birthplace of Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli (King Zog I), commonly given as 8 October 1895. The site is repeatedly associated with Xhemal Pasha Zogolli and the extended Zogu family and is tied to the dynastic and political history of early 20th-century Albania. The castle is listed in Wikidata as a cultural heritage monument of Albania, indicating official recognition of its historical significance. At least one secondary source claims the castle was destroyed by communists, but that assertion is not corroborated by the other provided materials; therefore the present physical condition and accessibility of the site remain unclear based on the supplied sources. No reports of paranormal phenomena, hauntings, apparitions, or named supernatural entities are present in the provided research materials. The corpus of sources supplied focuses on historical, genealogical, and biographical information about the Zogu family and the castle's role as their ancestral seat rather than folklore or paranormal claims.

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