Arapaj
Arapaj is a veelage in the municipality o Rrashbull, Durrës Coonty, Albanie. It is a soothren suburb o Durrës, locatit near the Mediterranean coast, approximately 6 kilometres sooth o this ceety.[1][2]
Arapaj is a notit airchaeological site, containin the substantial Basilica o Saunt Michael dedicatit tae Saunt Michael, an early Palaeo-Christian kirk which is believed tae back tae the fift or saxt century.[3] [4]It haes been declared a Cultural Monument o Albanie acause o its airchitectural significance.[5]A mosaic unearthed in the Basilica an aa demonstrates hou engrained its cultur wis later on wi the early Byzantine Empire.[6]
References
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|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Albania today, 1981, p.46
- ↑ "Shen Mehill Arapaj Basilica - holiday Albania". Tixik.com. Archived frae the original on 17 Julie 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ↑ Winnifrith, Tom (1991). Perspectives on Albania. Warwick studies in the European humanities. Macmillan. ISBN 0333512820.