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Gjirokastër, today a city with a population of about 20.000, developed on the hill where the castle is located in the Middle Ages. The first fortification dates to the 5th-6th centuries CE during the period of Slavic migrations. It was expanded in the 9th-10th centuries and urban development in the castle area dates to the 13th-14th centuries. During this period, Gjirokastër developed into a center known in medieval sources as Argyrokastron, meaning "Silver Castle". The city was first mentioned by the name Argyrokastro in 1336. The Albanian Zenebishi clan held Gjirokastër by the end of the century. In this era, the city was contested between the Italian and Serbian rulers. It was taken by the Ottomans in 1418. During the Ottoman period conversions to Islam and an influx of Muslim converts from the surrounding countryside made Gjirokastër go from being an overwhelmingly Christian city in the 16th century into one with a large Muslim population by the early 19th century. In the 1570s local nobles discussed as Greek representative of enslaved Greece and Albania with the head of the Holy League, John of Austria, the possibility of an anti-Ottoman armed struggle, but this initiative was fruitless. During the communist regime the city was elevated to the status of a museum town, as it was the birthplace of dictatorial ruler of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania Enver Hoxha. The clock tower on the fortress

The first written mention dates from "1121 as Gardeleve", when the Bishop of Halberstadt confirmed the charter and ownership of the Schöningen monastery. Gardelegen is also mentioned in 1196 in the assignment of Brandenburg goods to the Archdiocese of Magdeburg. A short time later important buildings were erected here: St. Marienkirche, St. Nikolaikirche and the town hall were built. The brewing rights were granted in 1314, since then, Gardelegen has been known nationwide for hop growing and Garley beer. After Gardelegen was invited to Lübeck for the Hanseatic Days, Gardelegen joined the Hanseatic League in 1358. After a dispute with the Brandenburg Elector Johann Cicero due to an arbitrary increase in the tax rate, the city had to leave the Hanseatic League. Reformation reached Gardelegen in 1539, at the time, construction work began on the fortifications to protect the city. In 1553 the construction of the four city gates was completed. At that time Gardelegen was a prosperous town due to trade, the town hall was built and a town school was established. During the Thirty Years' War numerous marauders passed through the city. From 1626 to 1648, Sweden occupied the city. After the city was plundered and burned, large parts of the fortifications were used to rebuild the city. - The town hall is in the center of the old town. A storage room was mentioned in 1241 on the site of today's town hall. In front of the western side, cellar rooms with barrel vaults from the previous building from the first half of the 14th century were excavated in 1999. A new building was built between 1526 and 1552 after the city fire of 1526 had destroyed the previous building. From 1914 to 1917 a renovation took place in which, among other things, east and west gables were added and the arcades were opened to the arcades.

The "Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins" is the main railway station of Limoges. It was named Bénédictins due to the presence of a Benedictine monastery closed during the French Revolution. The first railway line was opened in the 1850s, the wooden station got replaced by a stone-building in 1860. In 1918 an agreement was signed regarding the construction of a new station. Work lasted from 1924 and 1929. The station, a kind of temple of a new age, was designed by architect Roger Gonthier.

Limoges - Limoges-Bénédictins The "Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins" is the main railway station of Limoges. It was named Bénédictins due to the presence of a Benedictine monastery closed during the French Revolution. The first railway line was opened in the 1850s, the wooden station got replaced by a stone-building in 1860. In 1918 an agreement was signed regarding the construction of a new station. Work lasted from 1924 and 1929. The station, a kind of temple of a new age, was designed by architect Roger Gonthier.

Limoges - Limoges-Bénédictins The "Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins" is the main railway station of Limoges. It was named Bénédictins due to the presence of a Benedictine monastery closed during the French Revolution. The first railway line was opened in the 1850s, the wooden station got replaced by a stone-building in 1860. In 1918 an agreement was signed regarding the construction of a new station. Work lasted from 1924 and 1929. The station was inaugurated on 2 July 1929. The new station was designed by architect Roger Gonthier. On the Southwest corner is a 67-metre-tall clock tower composed of thirteen levels. It is mounted by a dome itself mounted by a five-metre-tall vase. Below these are four clocks.