Orosh (or ) is a small

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Mirditë Mirditë ( sq-definite, Mirdita) is a municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Fan, Kaçinar, Kthellë, Orosh, Rrëshen, Rubik and Selitë. The seat of the municipa ...

within the county of

Lezhë Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. One of the main strongholds of the Labeatai, the earliest of the fortification walls of Lezhë are of typical Illyrian const ...

in the northwest of the

Republic of 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 l ...

. Geographically, it is located inside the mountainous region of northern Albania in the Valley of Fan. The seat of the former municipality was the town of

Reps Reps is a small town in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Mirditë. It was the seat of the former municipality Orosh Orosh (or ) is a small village in Mirditë within ...

. The former

Orosh Abbey The Abbey of Orosh (also known as ''Mirditë Abbey'' or ''St. Alexander Oroshi'') was a territorial Benedictine abbey at Orosh in the region of Mirdita, Albania. It was destroyed during the communist era and now rebuilt, dedicated to the martyr S ...

was located in the municipality.

Terenzio Tocci Terenzio Tocci ( sq, Terenc Toçi; 9 March 1880 – 14 April 1945) was an Italo- Albanian politician of Arbëresh origins. Distinguished for patriotic activities before the Albanian independence he went on to serve during World War II as Chairma ...

gathered the Mirdita chieftains on April 26, 1911, in Orosh, proclaimed the independence of Albania, raised the

flag of Albania The flag of Albania ( sq, Flamuri i Republikës së Shqipërisë) is a red flag with a silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the center. The red stands for bravery, strength, valour and bloodshed, while the Eagle represents the sovereign state ...

and established the provisional government. File:Cikut.jpg, Malet e Shenjtit close to Orosh File:Orosh_Church,_Mirditë,_Albania_2018-04_01.jpg, The new church of Orosh File:Steinmetz_orosh.jpg, The church of Orosh in 1903

Notable peoples

Prênk Bibë Doda Prenk Bib Doda, also known as Prênk Pasha ( sq, Prenk Bibë Doda; 1860–1919), was an Albanian member of the Young Turks, prince of Mirdita, and politician in the Principality of Albania. Background Early years Doda was born in 1860 in ...

* Kapidan Marka Gjoni *

Gjon Markagjoni Gjon Markagjoni (28 August 1888 – 28 April 1966) was an Catholicism in Albania, Albanian Catholic clan chieftain ( sq, Kapedan). Biography He was born in Orosh, Mirdita, the only son of Marka Gjoni, Kapidan Marka Gjoni (1861–1925). His f ...

Bibë Dodë Pasha Bib Doda Pasha (1820–1868) was the ruler of Mirdita. He held the Ottoman rank of ''kapedan'' (captain) and the honorific ''pasha'' (governor). Family Bib Doda belonged to the Gjonmarkaj clan which had led Mirdita for a long period. He started ...

References

Villages in Lezhë County Populated places in Mirditë Administrative units of Mirditë Former municipalities in Lezhë County {{Lezhë-geo-stub