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Located on the Adriatic coast of western Albania, Durrës is the country's second largest city and largest seaport, just 30 kilometers from the capital, Tirana. As Albania's most important economic and transportation hub, Durrës, with a history of more than 2,500 years, is one of the oldest settlements in the Balkans.
The city's most famous landmark is the Roman amphitheater, built in the 2nd century AD, which seated 15,000 spectators and is one of the largest Roman monuments in the Balkans. The Archaeological Museum of Durrës contains valuable artifacts from Illyrian times to the Middle Ages, while the Venetian amphitheatre and the Byzantine walls bear witness to the historical layers of the convergence of multiple civilizations.
The 10-kilometer-long Durrës Beach is Albania's most popular summer destination, dotted with resorts, restaurants and entertainment facilities. The city center retains its Ottoman-era architecture, while the new port terminal and waterfront walkway offer a modern, urban feel. As a ferry hub to Italy, Durres attracts a large number of international tourists every year to experience its unique landscape and cultural charms.
Baode County is located in the northwestern part of China's Shanxi Province, under Xinzhou City, on the east bank of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, across the river from Fugu County in Shaanxi Province. The county has a long history and is an important cultural node in the Yellow River Basin. It is known for its rich coal resources and belongs to the core area of the Golden Triangle of Energy in Jin, Shaanxi and Mongolia. Baode has a temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons, and agriculture is dominated by miscellaneous grain cultivation, while industry is anchored by energy and mineral development.
Baode has a rich cultural heritage, such as the ruins of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall, the Tianqiao Hydroelectric Power Station and the natural landscape of the Yellow River, which combines the simple folklore of northwestern Jin and the history of the Red Revolution. Local specialties such as Baode Bowls and Yellow River Fresh Fish are quite attractive. In recent years, Baode has been actively promoting eco-tourism and rural revitalization, and has become an important transit point connecting the tourism routes of Jin, Shaanxi and Mongolia.