2026-10-18 · about 1 min read
What AKT names
AKT lists the Kadiu Bridge among Përmet's attractions, and its Bënja page places an old stone bridge from the Ottoman period near the thermal springs at the entrance to the Langarica canyon.
That is the sourced record: an Ottoman-period stone bridge, named, standing where the canyon meets the river road.
Why no date appears
A construction date you will meet online — usually given as the mid-18th century, sometimes with Ali Pasha of Tepelena as the builder — appears in travel blogs only. AKT names the bridge but gives no date and no builder.
The official line — Ottoman-period, and stop there — is the only one this site prints. A confident wrong date is worse content than an honest undated bridge.
Walking the old ways
The paths that served these crossings remain part of how the district is walked today. A visit pairs naturally with the Bënja thermal area and the Langarica canyon beside it — all three are AKT-listed public destinations within a short stretch of valley.
Read next: bridges and their setting
The springs beside the bridge are in the Bënjë note; the canyon they guard is Langarica.