Fier
Fier is a city and a municipality in Fier County in southwest Albania. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 120,655, and of the town proper 55,845.Geographically, it is located in the centre of the country surrounded by hills. The city is located some 16 kilometres east of the Adriatic Sea and 100 kilometres south of Tirana. Fier is 11 km from the ruins of the ancient city of Apollonia. The city was founded in 588 BCE by Ancient... Show more Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth, on a site initially occupied by Illyrian tribes.