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Mount Shëndelli
Mount Shëndelli (Literal translation, lit. "Mount Holy-Sun") is a mountain in southern Albania in the geographical region of Southern Albanian Highlands. It is part of the mountain chain Shëndelli-Mount Lunxhëri, Lunxhëri-Mount Bureto, Bureto chain, which goes parallel to the Mount Trebeshinë, Trebeshinë-Mount Dhembel, Dhembel-Mount Nemërçkë, Nemërçkë chain. Its highest elevation is 1,802 m.Soviet military maK-34-125-В(1:50,000) Its orientation is north to south. The valley of the river Vjosë, with the city Tepelenë, lies to its south and west. Folklore The mountain is considered by Albanians as a sacred place. In Albanian folk beliefs, local folk beliefs it is associated with the cult of the mountain peaks and the cult of the sun. References Bibliography * Mountains of Albania {{Vlorë-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of . It possesses significant diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Veneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
