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The Kir (Albanian: Kir or Kiri) is a river in northern Albania that first flows south-southwest and then southwest out of the North Albanian Alps and enters a distributary of the Drin just below Shkodër. In the upper reaches the river cuts the "Canyon of the Kir" with dramatic cliffs.The Albanian tribe or fis of Kiri inhabited this area. Just outside Shkodër, in Mes, the old stone Mes Bridge crosses the Kir.

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The Drisht Castle is situated 6 km far from the Mesi Bridge on the Kir River, on a hill 800 meters above the sea level. In ancient times it was one of the complexes of fortresses defending Shkodër. The current castle was constructed in the 13th century as a Byzantine fortress. Within the castle walls there are eleven houses forming a neighborhood.

Mesi Bridge is a cultural monument of the first category. It lies on Kir River, 8km from Shkodër. The whole area is built with stones and paved with cobblestones. It was built by Kara Mahmud Bushati at the end of the 18th century and is one of the largest and best preserved stone bridges in Albania. It is an arched bridge, built with over 13 arches of different dimensions, with a length of 108m.

Mesi Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Mesit 'The bridge in the middle') is a bridge in the village of Mes, about 5 km (3.1 mi) (as the crow flies) northeast of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It is a monument of Postribë culture, turning the site into a tourist attraction with a lot of visitors from all around the world. For foreigners the architecture of the bridge is intriguing with round slick stones and stone plates. The surrounding panorama gives the bridge an even more picturesque view. The Albanian Development Fund invested 13 million lekë so the tourists could step on the bridge and watch it closely because there was no entry way to the bridge. It was built in the 18th century, around 1770, by Kara Mahmud Bushati, the local Ottoman pasha, and spans the Kir River. The building was divided in 2 phases where the first phase was only the middle arc and the arc near it and the second phase included the other 11 arches. The purpose was to connect the city of Shkodër with the city of Drisht and other cities of the northern side. It is 108m long, 3.4 meters wide, 12.5 meters high with 13 arches, and is one of the longest examples of an Ottoman bridge in the region. It was built as part of the road that goes up the Kir Valley, eventually to Pristina. Today the bridge is at risk, having been damaged over time by devastating floods, which have resulted in floodwaters cutting away at the arches on the right side, causing cracking.

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