The tower is the traditional home of Northern Albania. They are built of stone and can be 2-3 floors. Characteristic of towers in the Albanian Alps is the steep roof with pine wood (45 ° <α <80 ° due to snow lasting up to 6 months).

The towers are buildings up to 3 storeys, which serve for housing. Built of stone walls up to 1 m thick, the towers have great architectural value. They began to be built in the Albanian Alps at the end of the XVIII century, and their unique feature is the sloping roof due to the heavy snow falling in the area. Another distinctive feature of these towers is the headboard, a wooden architectural element placed on the façade, which served as the main entrance to the dwelling when the animals were housed on the ground floor. The simplest form of towers is the square, three-story one; each interior floor is accessed with a door and staircase; windows are small, stone turret. While other types are rectangular towers, L-shaped and T-shaped towers. In addition to housing, Malesia e Madhe towers in the Albanian Alps have also served as institutions where important patriotic and cultural gatherings were held, especially during the Albanian struggle for independence, late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There lived, even temporarily, the basic figures of the Albanian state, such as Luigj Gurakuqi, Bajram Curri etc. For this reason, 11 towers have been declared First Category Cultural Monuments for their architectural, but also cultural and historical values.