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Ali Pasha Tepelena ruled the pashalik of Ioannina for 32 years, at the height of its prosperity, leaving behind an extraordinary architectural legacy. Today, cultural monuments, the castle where he lived and the house on the island where he was executed by the troops of the Ottoman Empire, are visited every day by thousands of tourists. MCN has traveled to Ioannina, to bring a piece of the history and architectural legacy of the Albanian ruler up close.