Scutari

Scutari (Turkish Uskudar, classic Chrysopolis). 1. A port on the E. shore of the Bosphorus, Opposite Constantinople. It is a bright and busy town, containing a seraglio, eight mosques, large bazaars and barracks and an enormous cemetery, the burial-place of the British who died in hospital here during the Crimean War. Arms, saddles, and fabrics of silk and cotton are largely manufactured. On a rock close to the shore stands the fabled Leander's Tower, now a lighthouse. 2. (Turkish Scodra, Slav Skadar), the capital of Northern Albania, is a fortified seaport occupying a promontory in the Adriatic close to the mouth of the Bojana, which drains the Lake of Scutari to the N. A good trade is done with the Adriatic ports and the interior. Arms and cotton goods are manufactured.