Infrastruktura në Vilajetin e Kosovës gjatë Gjysmës së dytë të Shekullit XIX dhe në Fillim të Mijëvjeçarit të dytë
Infrastructure in the Vilayet of Kosovo during the Second Half of Nineteenth Century And at the Beginnings of Second Millenniums

Summary/Abstract: The second half of the nineteenth century was a period of creations of national states all over Europe, time at which great importance was given to the rail infrastructure, rapid circulation of information through Telegraph, organizing mass education and the encouragement of their citizens for economic activities. From the Ottoman documents, we realize that the same efforts have tried to impose also the government in Istanbul, trying that in the field of technological innovation to go along with the European developed countries. Ottoman government, during the second half of the nineteenth century, started to make capital investments in the construction of telegraph and railway network in Vilayets of Kosovo and of Manastir. On the eve of the Russian-Ottoman war (1877), with government investments and with the donations of the citizens were build the telegraph centres in the towns of Palanka and Kumanovo and were installed the telegraph lines from Shkup-Kumanovo-Palanka and from Kumanovo-Qystendili to Vranje. In the year 1888, Alfred Kavelas, was given permission for the construction of the railway from Thessalonica to Manastir, which was financed by German Banks and other investors, as well the decision was made to build two roads: one that would connect the town of Vlora with Manastir, and the second road, which would connect the Manastir with Durrës. So, in this paperwork, there are proves of the government's efforts to modernize the Ottoman Empire infrastructures, especially in its European part, inhabited by Albanians.

• Details
• Contents