Church ruins, Belsh

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The Church ruins in Belsh, Elbasan County, Albania have been designated a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1973. [1]

Belsh Municipality in Elbasan, Albania

Belsh is a municipality in Elbasan County, central Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Belsh, Fierzë, Grekan, Kajan and Rrasë which became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Belsh. It has a population of 19,503 and a total surface area of 196.44 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 8,781.

Elbasan County County in Albania

Elbasan County is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 295,827, in an area of 3199 km². Its capital is the city Elbasan.

Albania country in Southeast Europe

Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea. It shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south and a maritime border with Italy to the west.

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References

  1. "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.