St. Athanasius' Monastery Church, Leshnicë e Poshtme

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St. Athanasius' Monastery Church
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Albanian: Kisha e Manastirit të Shën Thanasit
Location Leshnicë e Poshtme

St. Athanasius' Monastery Church (Albanian : Kisha e Manastirit të Shën Thanasit) is a monastery church in Leshnicë e Poshtme, Vlorë County, Albania. It is a Cultural Monument of Albania. [1]

Albanian language Indo-European language

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Leshnicë e Poshtme Village in Vlorë, Albania

Leshnicë e Poshtme is a village in the Vlorë County in Albania, adjacent to the Greek-Albanian borders. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Finiq. It is located less than 1 km north-west of the Greek border. It consists of ethnic Greek population.

Vlorë County is one of the 12 counties of the Republic of Albania, with the capital in Vlorë. The county spans 2,706 square kilometres (1,045 sq mi) and had a total population of 183,105 people as of 2016. The county borders on the counties of Fier, Gjirokastër, and the Adriatic and Ionian Sea.

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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.

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