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Lavdar I Oparit
Lekas is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Korçë. The population at the 2011 census was 392.2011 census results The municipal unit consists of the villages Lekas, Marjan, Gjonbabas, Gurmujas, Shkozan, Xerje, Tudas, Gjergjevicë, Lavdar, Brozdvec, Mazrekë and Popinovë. History The etymology of this village comes from name[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korçë
Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, eighth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Korçë County and Korçë Municipality. The total population of the city is 51,152 and 75,994 of Korçë municipality (2011 census), in a total area of . It stands on a plateau some Above mean sea level, above sea level, surrounded by the Morava Mountains. The area of the Old Bazaar of Korçë, Old Bazaar, including Mirahori Mosque, Korçë, Mirahori Mosque, is considered as the urban core of the city. Founded by the local Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Albanians, Albanian nobleman Iljaz Bej Mirahori, Ilias Bey Mirahori, the urban area of Korçë dates back to the late 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, however its actual physiognomy was realized in the 19th century, during a period that corresponds with the rapid growth and development of the city. The Old Bazaar has played a dominant role in Albania's market history. Korçë is the larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korçë County
Korçë County (), officially the County of Korçë (), is a Counties of Albania, county in the Southern Albania, Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the largest by area and the List of counties of Albania by population, fifth most populous of the twelve counties, with more than 173,000 people within an area of . The county borders on North Macedonia to the northeast and Greece to the southeast, the counties of Elbasan County, Elbasan to the northwest, Berat County, Berat to the west and Gjirokastër County, Gjirokastër to the southwest. It is divided into six Municipalities of Albania, municipalities, Korçë, Devoll (municipality), Devoll, Kolonjë, Maliq, Pogradec and Pustec, with all of whom incorporate thirty-seven Villages of Korçë County, administrative units. Geography Protected areas The Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania), Ministry of Tourism and Environment manages numerous natural sites and protected areas in Korçë County. In conjuncti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania
Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, 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. With an area of , it has a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions. Albania's landscapes range from rugged snow-capped mountains in the Accursed Mountains, Albanian Alps and the Korab, Central Mountain Range, Albania#Skanderbeg Mountains, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains, to fertile lowland plains extending from the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast, Adriatic and Albanian Ionian Sea Coast, Ionian seacoasts. Tirana is the capital and largest city in the country, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania was inhabited by several List of Illyrian peoples and tribes, Illyrian tribes, among them the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leka (name)
Leka is an male name and surname. In the Balkans, it has spread in the forms ''Lecca'' (Romanian), ''Lekkas'' (Greek), ''Lekić'' (Serbo-Croatian). Given name * Leka (Paulician leader), Byzantine Paulician, possibly of Albanian birthMcGeer, Eric; Nesbitt, John (2019). Byzantium in the Time of Troubles: The Continuation of the Chronicle of John Skylitzes (1057-1079) * Lekë Dukagjini, Albanian Nobleman who canonized the Kanun * Lekë Matrënga (1567–1619) was an Arbëresh writer and Catholic priest of Byzantine rite in the Albanian community of Sicily * Leca of Cătun, Wallachian political figure of Albanian origin, prominent under Princes Michael the Brave, Radu Șerban, and Radu Mihnea * Lekë Zaharia, Arbëresh writer * Lekë Dushmani, one of the founders of the League of Lezhë * Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine of Albania * Leka, Prince of Albania, the claimant to the defunct throne of Albania and the head of the House of Zogu * Leka Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Language
Albanian (Endonym and exonym, endonym: , , or ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. It is the native language of the Albanian people. Standard Albanian is the official language of Albania and Kosovo, and a co-official language in North Macedonia and Montenegro, where it is the primary language of significant Albanian minority communities. Albanian is recognized as a minority language in Italy, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia. It is also spoken in Greece and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. Albanian is estimated to have as many as 7.5 million native speakers. Albanian and other Paleo-Balkan languages had their formative core in the Balkans after the Indo-European migrations in the region. Albanian in antiquity is often thought to have been an Illyrian language for ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muzaka Family
The Muzaka family was an noble Albanian family that ruled over the region of Myzeqe ( southern Albania) in the Late Middle Ages. The Muzaka are also referred to by some authors as a tribe or a clan. The earliest historical document that mentions the Muzaka family (around 1090) is written by the Byzantine historian Anna Komnene. At the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century members of the Muzaka family controlled a region between the rivers of Devoll and Vjosë. Some of them were loyal to the Byzantine Empire while some of them allied with Charles of Anjou who gave them (and some other members of Albanian nobility) impressive Byzantine-like titles (such as Sebastokrator) in order to subdue them more easily. In the 1340s, Stefan Dušan pressed further south into Albania, and by 1343-45 had taken central towns and territories in southern Albania, including domains of the Muzaka family. However, they would fall back under local control after his death in 1355. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Trinity Church, Lavdar
Holy Trinity Church of Lavdar (), also known as the Holy Trinity Church of Tudas is a 15th century Albanian orthodox church built in the Byzantine style by the medieval Albanian noble family of Muzaka. It is located near the villages Lavdar and Tudas in the region of Opar in Korçë county, southeastern Albania. Noted for its distinguished architecture and frescoes, it was declared a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1963. Location The church is located in a remote setting in the region of Opar in Korçë county, southeastern Albania. It lies at 1220 m altitude, at the feet of ''Tudas Rock'' () and 500 m from the eponymous, nearest village, on the northern slope of Mt. Ostrovica (2383 m). The second nearest but larger village to the church is Lavdar, of the municipal unit of Lekas. The memoirs of Gjon Muzaka, being the earliest documented accounts of the church, mention it as the Holy Trinity Church of Lavdar, near the village Xerje. History The Holy Trinity Church of Lavda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Municipalities In Korçë County
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being used in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose cone to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Units Of Korçë
Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people. ** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, administrative support specialist, or management assistant: a person whose work consists of supporting management ** Administration (government), management in or of government, the management of public affairs; government. *** Administrative division, a term for an administrative region within a country that is created for the purpose of managing of land and the affairs of people. ** Academic administration, a branch of an academic institution responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution ** Arts administration, a field that concerns business operations around an art organization ** Business administration, the performance or management of business operations *** Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
