Arapaj
Arapaj is a village in the former municipality of Rrashbull, Durrës County, Albania.
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The ruins of the Paleochristian Basilica of Saint Michael in Arapaj | |
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| Coordinates: 41°18′11″N 19°30′20″E / 41.30306°N 19.50556°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Durrës |
| Municipality | Durrës |
| Municipal unit | Rrashbull |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Durrës.[1] It is a southern suburb of Durrës, located near the Mediterranean coast, approximately 6 kilometres south of this city.[citation needed]
Arapaj is a noted archaeological site, containing the substantial Basilica of Saint Michael dedicated to Saint Michael, an early Palaeo-Christian church which is believed to back to the fifth or sixth century.[2][3] It has been declared a Cultural Monument of Albania because of its architectural significance.[4] A mosaic unearthed in the Basilica also demonstrates how engrained its culture was later on with the early Byzantine Empire.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6368. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Albania today, 1981, p.46
- ^ . Tixik.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ^ . Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ Winnifrith, Tom (1991). "Perspectives on Albania". Warwick studies in the European humanities. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-51282-0.
External links edit
Media related to Arapaj at Wikimedia Commons
- Maplandia World Gazetteer