The Elbasan castle is a 15-th century fortress located in the city of Elbasan, Albania[1]. Elbasan ( Albanian: Elbasan or Elbasani) is a City in central Albania. This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. The castle was initially composed of 26 equidistant nine-meter-high towers. Part of Via Egnatia passes through that castle. The Via Egnatia ( Greek:) was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. [2]