The papers presented at the conference FORTMED_2024_TIRANA have been published in the two volumes of the Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean series (vol. XVI & XVII) co-edited from Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës and edUPV (Universitat Politècnica de València). These two books follow the 15 volumes published in previous conferences. The complete series of publications, including Vol. XVI and Vol. XVII can be downloaded in electronic format at: https://www.fortmed.eu/index_en.html