Theth is a community in the Shalë municipality, Shkodër District, Shkodër County, northern Albania.
The community is at the centre of the Theth National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Theth remains remote. It is most easily accessible by a
25 km unmade road from the village of Boga which is impassible during the
winter months and is not generally suitable at any time of the year for motor
vehicles without off-road capabilities.
Although the Kanun (traditional Albanian law) remains
influential, Theth has not suffered from the recent (post-Communist)
reappearance of the blood feud which has troubled other areas of Northern
Albania. Ironically, Theth boasts one of the very few remaining "lock-in
towers", an historical form of protection for families that were "in
blood".
A Balkans Peace Park Project is working towards the creation
of a park extending across the borders of Albania, Montenegro and Kosova and
has taken a lead in recent years in encouraging sustainable and ecologically
sensitive tourism in and around Theth (for example by funding the marking of
footpaths).
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