A (MATERIAL TECHNICAL) STUDY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE FLAG OF THE CONGRESS OF LUSHNJA
A (MATERIAL TECHNICAL) STUDY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE FLAG OF THE CONGRESS OF LUSHNJA

Summary/Abstract: The Congress of Lushnja was a national Congress of particular importance, which took decisions for the recovery of the Albanian state, to ensure the independence and protection of territorial integrity (Albanian encyclopedic vocabulary, 1985). The Congress was opened on January 21, 1920, while it took place from January 28 to 31, 1920. Fifty delegates representing all provinces within the borders of the Albanian state in 1913, participated in the Congress. The Congress of Lushnja was held when Albania was still suffering under occupation of the foreign armies, while the Peace Conference was plotting plans on the territorial truncation of the Albanian state. In December 1919, the Great Powers had agreed to satisfy the claims of Italy and Greece: Italy would put Vlora and the surrounding province under its sovereignty and would also take the mandate (protectorate) over the crippled post-war Albanian state; Greece would occupy the province of Gjirokastra, as a first step to embark on annexation.

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