Dhërmi
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Dhërmi Dhërmiu |
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Coordinates: 40 ° 9 ′ N , 19 ° 38 ′ E |
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| Qark : | Vlora | ||
| Municipality : | Himara | ||
| Height : | 166 m above sea level A. | ||
| Telephone code : | (+355) +39 | ||
| Postal code : | 9422 | ||
 View of the older part of Dhërmi (2010) |
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Dhërmi ( Albanian also Dhërmiu ; Greek Δρυμάδες Drymádes ) is a village in southern Albania in the Bashkia Himara . The older district is located on the northern Albanian Riviera high above the coast of the Ionian Sea , while a tourist village has developed along the beach.
population
Like the neighboring village of Palasa , Dhërmi is a place with a Greek population , who even make up the majority here. They speak a local Greek dialect and are also proficient in Albanian . Most of the population is Orthodox .
history
The first settlers in the area of Himara were the Chaonians in ancient times , who lived in 214 BC. Were attacked and conquered by the Macedonians under Philip V of Macedonia . After the fall of the Roman Empire , varied years followed: under the Bulgarians , under the Balšić / Balsha, for a short time under the Arabs (Al-Evra) and later under the Normans . The area - then much more densely populated than today - enjoyed a certain independence from the Ottoman central power. In 1797 Tepedelenli Ali Pascha bound the area under his rule. In 1912 Dhërmi became part of the new Albanian state. But in March 1914 the region declared itself autonomous. In the 1960s, individual tourist facilities were built for the country's communist elite. After 1990 , the majority of the population emigrated to Greece .
Tourism and sightseeing
In recent years, Dhërmi's tourist infrastructure has been steadily expanded, and the number of holidaymakers, especially from other parts of the country, but also from neighboring countries, is constantly increasing. These are primarily beach tourists who appreciate the clear sea. In addition, all connecting roads from Dhërmi to Vlora and Saranda have been renewed and expanded.
In Dhërmi there are said to be 31 churches and monasteries, some of which are decorated with elaborate frescoes. Some can still be visited today, although some of them are in a poor structural condition. Among the most famous is the Church of St. Mary (Alb. Shën Mëri ) from the 13th and 14th centuries, the Church of Hypapante ( Ipapandia ) from the 18th century and Shën Stefani with components from different epochs.
Personalities
- Petro Marko (1913–1991), Albanian writer
literature
- Nataša Gregorič Bon: Contested Spaces and Negotiated Identities in Dhërmi / Drimades of Himarë / Himara area, Southern Albania . Nova Gorica 2008 ( online copy [PDF; accessed February 17, 2013] dissertation).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ TJ Winnifrith: Badlands - Borderlands, A History of Southern Albania / Northern Epirus . Duckworth, London 2002, ISBN 0-7156-3201-9 .
- ↑ a b c d e James Pettifer: Albania & Kosovo - Blue Guide . A & C Black, London 2001, ISBN 0-7136-5016-8 .
- ^ Nataša Gregorič: Contested Spaces and Negotiated Identities in Dhërmi / Drimades of Himarë / Himara area, Southern Albania. (PDF; 2.2 MB) In: University of Nova Gorica. P. 63 , accessed February 25, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d Historia e Himarës dhe fshatrat e tij ("The history of Himara and his villages"). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 30, 2008 ; Retrieved December 3, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Jano Koçi: Himara (Kaonia): arkeologji, histori, kulturë, Himara sot . Gent-Grafik, Tirana 2006, ISBN 99927-810-5-X .
- ^ Peter Lincoln: The Albanian Riviera - A Case Study of Dhermi; Social Exclusion & the Tourism Area Life Cycle . Umeå 2010 ( online version [PDF; 2.8 MB ; accessed on February 17, 2013]).
- ^ Churches and Monasteries of Albania's Ionian Coast. (PDF; 126 kB) In: Scribd. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Guntram Koch: Albania . DuMont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-2079-5 .
- ^ Robert Elsie: Albanian Literature: A Short History . 2005, ISBN 1-84511-031-5 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).