Saraqinishta

Saraqinishtë
Saraqinishta
( Designation in an indefinite and definite form )

40.105277777778 20.229444444444 726Coordinates: 40 ° 6 ' N , 20 ° 14' E

Basic data

Qark :

Gjirokastra

Municipality :

Gjirokastra

Height :

726 m above sea level A.

Saraqinishta ( also Saraqinishtë in Albanian ) is a small village in the municipality of Gjirokastra in southern Albania . Saraqinishta is 726 m above sea level. A. and is located about eight kilometers east of Gjirokastra in the hill country below the Lunxhëria mountain , which culminates above the village in a 2156 meter high peak.

About two kilometers southwest of the village center is the ancient city of Antigoneia , which was founded by the Epirotian king Pyrrhus (319–272 BC) and named after his wife Antigone . Stones and whole columns from Antigoneia were built into churches and houses in the village.

Church of the Assumption

There are several Orthodox churches in and around the village . In Saraqinishta there is a Saint Nicholas Church ( Albanian Kisha e Shën Kollit ) from the 17th century. The St. Mary's Church in Spila, an area with caves inhabited by hermits high above the village, also dates from the 17th century . Both churches, frescoed on the inside, are national cultural monuments . Another old church in the village is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary .

Until 2015 the village belonged to the municipality of Antigone , which was then incorporated into Gjirokastra.

Individual evidence

↑ Saraqinishta. GetaMap.net, accessed January 18, 2013 .
↑ ^a ^b Neritan Ceka : Antigoneia - Qyteti i dashurisë së Pare . Migjeni, Tirana 2009, ISBN 978-99956-718-6-0 .
↑ ^a ^b Meike Gutzweiler: Reise Know-How Albania . Peter Rump, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-8317-2194-8 .
↑ Saraqinisht: Kisha e Shën Kolli. In: St. Nicholas Center. Retrieved January 18, 2013 .
↑ Kisha në Manastirin e Shën Mërisë në Spile, mundësi turizmi culture and history. In: Gazeta Metropol. Retrieved January 18, 2013 (Albanian): “Kisha e manastirit të Shën Mërisë në Spile mbi fshatin Saraqinisht, rreth 20 kilometers larg qytetit të Gjirokastrës, vazhdon të ruajë të njëjtat vlera arkitujonike mëhtë 3 shekitektonbi. Mbishkrimi mbi portën kryesore të kishës (naosit) tregon se ky Objekt kulti daton në vitin 1634. "
↑ Objects fetare monumente kulture. In: Komiteti Shtetëror për Kultët. Retrieved November 21, 2015 (Albanian).
↑ Kisha "Fjetja e Hyjlindëses Mari", Saraqinishtë (e rikonstruktuar). In: Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013 ; Retrieved January 18, 2013 (Albanian).

[1] Saraqinishta. GetaMap.net, accessed January 18, 2013 .

[ceka-2] Neritan Ceka : Antigoneia - Qyteti i dashurisë së Pare . Migjeni, Tirana 2009, ISBN 978-99956-718-6-0 .

[reiseknowhow-3] Meike Gutzweiler: Reise Know-How Albania . Peter Rump, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-8317-2194-8 .

[4] Saraqinisht: Kisha e Shën Kolli. In: St. Nicholas Center. Retrieved January 18, 2013 .

[5] Kisha në Manastirin e Shën Mërisë në Spile, mundësi turizmi culture and history. In: Gazeta Metropol. Retrieved January 18, 2013 (Albanian): “Kisha e manastirit të Shën Mërisë në Spile mbi fshatin Saraqinisht, rreth 20 kilometers larg qytetit të Gjirokastrës, vazhdon të ruajë të njëjtat vlera arkitujonike mëhtë 3 shekitektonbi. Mbishkrimi mbi portën kryesore të kishës (naosit) tregon se ky Objekt kulti daton në vitin 1634. "

[6] Objects fetare monumente kulture. In: Komiteti Shtetëror për Kultët. Retrieved November 21, 2015 (Albanian).

[7] Kisha "Fjetja e Hyjlindëses Mari", Saraqinishtë (e rikonstruktuar). In: Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013 ; Retrieved January 18, 2013 (Albanian).