Skanderbeg Square is the city's main square. Many important landmarks are located off this square, such as The National History Museum, the Et'hem Bey Mosque, the Clock Tower and the Palace of Culture. The current Puppet Theater used to serve as the Albanian Parliament before World War II. The Scanderbeg Statue, which depicts an Albanian hero, stands in this square.

The Palace of Culture of Tirana (Pallati i Kultures) was built in the Pazari i Vjeter area of Tirana by request of the Communist Party of Albania. The first stone of the building was symbolically laid by Nikita Khrushchev in 1959. Work on the structure was finished in 1963. The architecture is very similar to many communist-era buildings in Eastern Europe. There have been virtually no renovations to the building since its construction. The Palace of Culture includes the National Library of Albania and the National Theater of Opera and Ballet.

The Skanderbeg Statue is located on Skanderbeg Square, Tirana's main square. The sculpture depicts Gjergj Kastrioti (1405-1468), who was also called Skanderbeg. He is a national hero of Albania, famous for successfully defending his native land for more than two decades from the Ottoman Empire. The sculpture was built in 1968.

The Clock Tower of Tirana, or Kulla e Sahatit in Albanian, was built in 1822 by Haxhi Et`hem Bey, who also oversaw the construction of the Et'hem Bey Mosque. The tower has a spiral staircase with 90 steps. The structure is 35 meters high, and until 1970 it was the tallest building in Tirana. The clock tower originally had a bell from Venice that marked the time every hour. In 1928 the Municipality of Tirana purchased a new German clock to replace the Venetian one. The clock was destroyed by bombs during World War II and was replaced in 1946 with a Roman numeral clock from a church in Shkoder, Albania. In 1970 the Roman numeral clock was replaced by a Chinese clock. The tower underwent renovation in 1981 and again in 1999. Access to the top of the tower has been available free of charge since 1996.

The Tomb of Kaplan Pasha was established in 1817. It honors Kaplan Pasha, who was a ruler of Tirana in the early nineteenth century. The tomb has an octagonal structure and was part of a cemetery complex. There were another six tombs in the complex, but they were destroyed during World War II.

The Unknown Soldier Statue is located in the center of Tirana, near the tomb of Kaplan Pasha. The statue was erected to pay tribute to all Albanian soldiers who gave their lives defending their country from the fascists. The sculpture features a soldier with an upraised fist and rifle, struggling forward.

This distinctive little Ottoman stone footbridge was built in the nineteenth century. It has a charming appearance and is well proportioned. Its function was to provide passage from one side of the Lana River to the other until the 1930s. The river was later rerouted and the bridge fell out of use. Today the bridge remains in good shape and is definitely worth a visit.

The Fortress of Justinian was constructed in the sixth century at the point where the most important roads crossed at the center of Tirana. At this location, a fortified castle was built by the Byzantine emperor Justian I. Today there is only a six-meter-high, Ottoman-period wall remaining.

The Bell of Peace was created in 1999. The bell weighs 1,100 pounds and hangs near the entrance to the Pyramid. It is a memorial to peace. It was made from about 20,000 shell casings collected by Albanian children after the period of disorder in the 1990s.

Tirana's Pyramid is a modern pyramid-style building. It was built as a memorial museum for the ex-communist leader of Albania, Enver Hoxha. The building was designed by Hoxha’s daughter in 1988. It was considered to be the most expensive building erected in Tirana at the time it was built. Today it is the International Center of Culture.

The former residence of Enver Hoxha is located in Blloku, a communist party neighborhood to which access for the general public was forbidden until 1990. After 1990, people flooded into this district to see what it looked like and also see the house where their leader had lived. The former residence of Enver Hoxha, a three-story house painted with pastel colors, apparently was not as luxurious as many had pictured. Today Blloku is a popular district with plenty of nightclubs, pubs, restaurants and shops.

The Mother Teresa Statue is located in Mother Teresa Square, near the Polytechnic University. This modest sculpture depicts the most famous ethnic Albanian woman – Mother Teresa (1910-1997). Her childhood name was Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. She dedicated her life to helping the sick, poor and needy people of Calcutta, India. The monument was inaugurated on December 9, 2004, by Albanian President Alfred Moisiu.