Arapaj

Arapaj
Village
Arapaj
Coordinates: 41°18′11″N 19°30′20″E / 41.30306°N 19.50556°E / 41.30306; 19.50556Coordinates: 41°18′11″N 19°30′20″E / 41.30306°N 19.50556°E / 41.30306; 19.50556
Country Albania Albania
County Durrës
Municipality Durrës
Administrative Unit Rrashbull
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Arapaj is a village in the former municipality of Rrashbull, Durrës County, Albania. 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.[2][3]

Basilica of Saint Michael
Basilica of Saint Michael

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.[4] [5]It has been declared a Cultural Monument of Albania because of its architectural significance.[6]A mosaic unearthed in the Basilica also demonstrates how engrained its culture was later on with the early Byzantine Empire.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ↑ Google Maps (Map). Google.
  3. ↑ Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC.
  4. ↑ Albania today, 1981, p.46
  5. ↑ "Shen Mehill Arapaj Basilica - holiday Albania". Tixik.com. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Winnifrith, Tom (1991). Perspectives on Albania. Warwick studies in the European humanities. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-51282-0.

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