Borsh

Borsh

40.061388888889 19.8575 105Coordinates: 40 ° 4 ′ N , 19 ° 51 ′ E

Basic data

Qark :

Vlora

Municipality :

Himara

Height :

105 m above sea level A.

Politics and administration

Structure :

Village in the Komuna Lukova

Borsh ( Albanian also Borshi ) is a coastal village on the Albanian Riviera . It is located in Qark Vlora on the Ionian Sea between Himara and Saranda and belongs to the municipality of Himara .

geography

Pebble beach near Borsh (photo from 2005)

Borsh lies on the edge of one of the few plains along the steep coast of the Albanian Riviera. The alluvial plain Fusha e Borshit , formed by the irregularly flowing Borsh River (alb. Lumi i Borshit ), is used for agriculture. A four-kilometer-long sandy beach, popular with tourists in summer, closes it off from the coast. There is a mighty spring in the village center .

The SH 8 , which runs along the Albanian Riviera, connects Borsh with the neighboring villages. To the southeast, the road rises from Borsh to over 300 meters in places. A side road opening up the hinterland branches off in Borsh and leads north via Kuç . The village of Qeparo is just two and a half kilometers west of Borsh as the crow flies . Other neighboring villages are north inland Fterrë and southeast Piqeras with around six kilometers straight-line distance. It is 15 kilometers by road to Lukova and 17 kilometers to Himara.

Kalaja e Borshit , a medieval castle also called Sopot , stands above the village . There is also a historical mosque from Ottoman times , the "Mosque of Hajji Bendo" (Xhamia e Haxhi Bendos) .

history

Drawing of the capture of the fortress of Sopot by Venetian ships in 1570

The area where Borsh is located belonged to Chaonia in ancient Epirus in ancient times .

On December 6, 1742, the Albanian population of Borsh , who had converted to Islam , attacked the neighboring Greek Orthodox village of Piqeras . After six days of bloody fighting in the Ceraunic Mountains , the 372 inhabitants of Piqeras decided to leave their hometown under the care of some Albanian papas. While a smaller group fled to the neighboring town of Lukova and the surrounding area, the larger group, led by the Papas, fled via Lukova, Klikursi, Shën Vasil, Nivica-Bubar , north of Saranda , Corfu and Othoni to the Kingdom of Naples , where they defeated the Italian in 1743 Villa Badessa parliamentary group founded.

population

Borsh is the only village on the Riviera with a majority Muslim population. In the 1990s, some families from the northern Albanian Mirdita settled in an abandoned labor camp. They form an isolated, Gian language island within the Tuscan environment.

economy

In addition to agriculture, for which the alluvial plain offers space, the village lives from tourism.

The olive oil manufacturing company Vaj Ulliri Borsh O & B Sh.pk is based in Borsh .

tourism

With its four kilometer long beach, Borsh is a popular tourist destination on the Ionian Sea.

Attractions

Borsh Castle
Mosque of the Haji Bendo

Web links

Commons : Borsh - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

↑ Secular clergyman in the Orthodox Church

Individual evidence

↑ Borshi, mrekullia e harruar e Jonit , Top Channel, April 26, 2011 (Albanian), last accessed on April 27, 2011
↑ Arkitektura Ottoman Shqiptare: Photo Mosque of Hajji Bendo. In: Facebook. November 24, 2014, accessed October 27, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c K.Ch. Vamvas: Περί των εν Ιταλία Ελληνοαλβανών και ιδίως των εις Ελλάδα μεταναστευσάντων (About the Greek Albanians in Italy and especially about those who emigrated to Greece) . Parnassos Literary Society, Athens 1877, p. 24 (Greek). , accessed February 24, 2015
↑ Papas Andrea Figlia: Manuscript by Papàs Andrea Figlia from Mezzojuso to Papàs Paolo Parrino, rector of the Greek-Albanian seminary and pastor of the Greek parish of Palermo, written in Naples on June 12, 1764. In: jemi.it. Retrieved April 2, 2018 (Italian, about the Albanians settled in Capitanata, Apulia).
^ History of the municipality of Rosciano. In: Comunedirosciano.it. Retrieved February 20, 2017 (Italian).
↑ Vaj Ulliri Borsh O & B Sh.pk (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 23, 2012 ; Retrieved April 27, 2011 (Albanian).

[4] Secular clergyman in the Orthodox Church

[1] Borshi, mrekullia e harruar e Jonit , Top Channel, April 26, 2011 (Albanian), last accessed on April 27, 2011

[2] Arkitektura Ottoman Shqiptare: Photo Mosque of Hajji Bendo. In: Facebook. November 24, 2014, accessed October 27, 2017 .

[:24-3] K.Ch. Vamvas: Περί των εν Ιταλία Ελληνοαλβανών και ιδίως των εις Ελλάδα μεταναστευσάντων (About the Greek Albanians in Italy and especially about those who emigrated to Greece) . Parnassos Literary Society, Athens 1877, p. 24 (Greek). , accessed February 24, 2015

[manuskript-5] Papas Andrea Figlia: Manuscript by Papàs Andrea Figlia from Mezzojuso to Papàs Paolo Parrino, rector of the Greek-Albanian seminary and pastor of the Greek parish of Palermo, written in Naples on June 12, 1764. In: jemi.it. Retrieved April 2, 2018 (Italian, about the Albanians settled in Capitanata, Apulia).

[6] History of the municipality of Rosciano. In: Comunedirosciano.it. Retrieved February 20, 2017 (Italian).

[7] Vaj Ulliri Borsh O & B Sh.pk (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 23, 2012 ; Retrieved April 27, 2011 (Albanian).