This work is the result of a study trip to Albania that the author took in the company of architect Ramadan Aliu in September 2012. At that time, architect Aliu was a doctoral student at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Sarajevo, and he worked on his doctoral dissertation (Comparative analysis of selected examples of cities in Macedonia and Albania) under the mentorship of the author. Butrint was one of the places/cities they visited. Besides Butrint, these were Berat, Durres, Gjirokastër, Kruje, Shkoder, Tirana, Vlore and many natural sights such as the famous source of The Blue Eye (Syri and Kaltër, for example). The aim of the study trip was to get to know cities on the spot and to contribute to the author's theory of „Architecturally Defined Space“ through their analysis (through 'cabinet work'). Gjirokastër is located in the southern part of Albania, on the edge of the vast Drino river valley, at the foot of the Gjerë mountain (Geographic coordinates: 40º04'43.69''N, 20º08'07.80''E, Elevation: 230 m). The first written traces mention (1336) Gjirokastër under the name Argyrokastro (Greek: Αργυρόκαστρο) meaning „Silver Castle“, which at that time was part of the Despotate of Epirus. However, archaeological findings testify to the presence of people in this area as early as the first century BC. The fortress above this town dates back to the 3rd century, and was extended in the 6th and 12th centuries. At this time, the city developed as an important trade center, Argyropolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀργυρόπολις), meaning „Silver City“. Albanians came to this area at the beginning of the 14th century after a cholera epidemic decimated the population of its previous inhabitants. The city came (1417) into the possession of the Ottoman Empire as Ergiri Kasrı, where it remained until 1913. At this time, Gjirokastër became the center of Bektashi Sufism. After the Balkan Wars, Gjirokastër was conquered by the Greeks and the city was declared the capital of their administrative unit of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus. Since 1921, Gjirokastër has been part of Albania. The Gjirokastër city, viewed in its natural and cultural-historical context, is an unusual creation of the symbiosis of nature and man, so it was included (in 2008) on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List as a „historical museum under the open sky“.