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Dropull
Dropull ( sq-definite, Dropulli; el, Δρόπολη or Δερόπολη ''Dropoli'' or ''Deropoli'') is a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. The region stretches from south of the city of Gjirokastër to the Greek–Albanian border, along the Drino river. The region's villages are part of the Greek "minority zone" recognized by the Albanian government, in which live majorities of ethnic Greeks. The municipality Dropull was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Dropull i Poshtëm, Dropull i Sipërm and Pogon. The seat of the municipality is the village Sofratikë. According to the 2011 census the total population is 3,503; according to the civil registry of that year, which counts all citizens including those who live abroad, it is 23,247. The municipality covers an area of . Name A city called Hadrianopolis was founded in the region by the Roman emperor Hadrian ( r. 117–138). The Synecdemus of Hierocles, which contains a list of ...
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Dropull I Poshtëm
Dropull i Poshtëm ( el, Κάτω Δρόπολη, ''Kato Dropoli'') is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull. The population at the 2011 census was 2,100. The municipal unit is inhabited by ethnic Greeks. Settlements *Derviçan (Δερβιτσάνη) *Dhuvjan (Δούβιανη) * Frashtan (Φράστανη) *Glinë (Γλύνα) *Goranxi (Καλογοραντζή or Γοραντζή) * Goricë (Γορίτσα) *Grapsh (Γράψη) * Haskovë (Χάσκοβο) * Lugar (Λιούγκαρη) * Peshkëpi e Sipërme (Άνω Επισκοπή) * Peshkëpi e Poshtme (Κάτω Επισκοπή) * Radë (Ραντάτι) * (Σωφράτικα) *Terihat (Τεριαχάτι or Τεριαχάτες) * Vanistër (Βάνιστα) * Vrahogoranxi (Βραχογοραντζή) Notable people *Vasilios Sahinis (1897–1943), leader of the Northern Epirote resistance (1942–1943). S ...
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Dropull I Sipërm
Dropull i Sipërm ( el, Άνω Δρόπολη, ''Ano Dropoli'') is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull. The population at the 2011 census was 971. The municipal unit is inhabited by ethnic Greeks. Settlements *Bodrishtë (Βόδριστα) * Bularat (Βουλιαράτι or Βουλιαράτες) * Dritë (Άγιος Νικόλας) *Jorgucat (Γεωργουτσάτι or Γεωργουτσάτες) * Kërrë (Κουρά or Κρα) * Klishar (Κλεισάρι) *Kakavijë (Κακαβιά) * Koshovicë (Κοσοβίτσα or Κοσσοβίτσα) * Krioner (Κρυονέρι) * Likomil (Λυκομίλι or Γλυκομίλι) * Llongo (Λόγγος) * Llovinë (Λοβίνα) *Pepel (Πέπελη) * Selo (Σελλιό) * (Σωτήρα) * (Βοδίνο) *Vrisera (Βρυσερά) *Zervat (Ζερβάτι) See also * Dropull * Dropull i Poshtëm * Greeks in Albania ...
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Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër (, sq-definite, Gjirokastra) is a city in the Republic of Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality. It is located in a valley between the Gjerë mountains and the Drino, at 300 metres above sea level. Its old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, described as "a rare example of a well-preserved Ottoman town, built by farmers of large estate". The city is overlooked by Gjirokastër Fortress, where the Gjirokastër National Folklore Festival is held every five years. It is the birthplace of former Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha, and author Ismail Kadare. The city appears in the historical record dating back in 1336 by its Greek name, gkm, Αργυρόκαστρο, Argyrókastro, label=none, as part of the Byzantine Empire. It became part of the Orthodox Christian diocese of ''Dryinoupolis and Argyrokastro'' after the destruction of nearby Adrianoupolis.Giakoumis, Konstantinos (2010).The Orthodox Church in Albania Under ...
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Greeks In Albania
The Greeks of Albania are ethnic Greeks who live in or originate from areas within modern Albania. After ethnic Albanians, they form the second largest ethnic group in the country. They are mostly concentrated in the south of the country, in the areas of the northern part of the historical region of Epirus, in parts of Vlorë County, Gjirokastër, Korçë and Berat County. The area is also known as Northern Epirus. Consequently, the Greeks hailing specifically from Southern Albania are also known as Northern Epirotes ( el, Βορειοηπειρώτες ''Vorioipirotes'', sq, Vorioepirot). The Greeks who live in the "minority zones" of Albania are officially recognised by the Albanian government as the Greek National Minority of Albania ( el, Ελληνική Μειονότητα στην Αλβανία, ''Elliniki Mionotita stin Alvania''; sq, Minoriteti Grek në Shqipëri). In 1913, after the end of five centuries of Ottoman rule, the area was included under the sovereignty o ...
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Pogon, Albania
Pogon ( sq, Pogon or ''Pogoni'', el, Πωγώνι, ''Pogoni''), is a former commune in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull. The population at the 2011 census was 432.2011 census results
It consists of seven villages which are mostly Greek speaking: ; Skore; ;

Gjirokastër County
Gjirokastër County ( sq, Qarku i Gjirokastrës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The total population in 2021 was 58,031, in an area of 2884 km². Its capital is the city Gjirokastër. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Gjirokastër County was subdivided into three districts: Gjirokastër, Përmet, and Tepelenë. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Dropull, Gjirokastër, Këlcyrë, Libohovë, Memaliaj, Përmet and Tepelenë. Before 2015, it consisted of the following 32 municipalities: * Antigonë * Ballaban * Buz * Çarshovë * Cepo * Dishnicë * Dropull i Poshtëm * Dropull i Sipërm * Frashër * Fshat Memaliaj * Gjirokastër * Këlcyrë * Kordhocë * Krahës * Kurvelesh * Lazarat * Libohovë * Lopës * Luftinjë * Lunxhëri * Memaliaj * Odrie * Përmet * Petran * Picar * Pogon * Qendër Libohovë * Qendër Piskovë * Qendër Tepelenë * Qesarat * Sukë * Tepelenë * Zagori The municipalities ...
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Drino
The Drino or Drinos ( sq, Drino, el, Δρίνος) is a river in southern Albania and northwestern Greece, tributary of the Vjosë. Its source is in the northwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit, near the village Delvinaki. It flows initially southwest, then northwest and crosses the Albanian border near Ktismata. It continues northwest through Gjirokastër and flows into the Vjosë near Tepelenë. Name The Albanian name of the river is ''Drino'' and the Greek name is Δρίνος, ''Drinos''. The name of the river contains the root ''Drin-'', which is considered to be of Illyrian origin and is encountered also in the northern Albanian river Drin (cf. also Drina between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...). References ...
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Hadrianopolis (Epirus)
Hadrianopolis or Hadrianoupolis ( grc, Ἁδριανούπολις), was a town of ancient Epirus and Illyricum, founded by emperor Hadrian, and situated on the road from Apollonia to Nicopolis, about midway between those two towns. It was repaired and moved by Justinian I, and called Justinianopolis, and became one of the cities of the government of old Epirus and the see of a bishop. The small theatre and other vestiges in the plain below Libohovë mark the position of this city. Ten or twelve miles lower down the river are the ruins of a fortress or small town of the Byzantine age, called Dryinopolis. These remains are of a later age than the theatre, which belongs to Paganism. The probability is, that when Hadrianopolis fell into ruins Dryinopolis was built on a different site, and became the see of the bishop. Hadrianopolis in Epiro remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Its site is located near Sofratikë, Dropull, in Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri ...
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Socialist Party Of Albania
The Socialist Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë, PS or PSSh) is a social-democratic political party in Albania. It has been described as centre-left, to left-wing. It was founded on 13 June 1991. The PS is an associate of the Party of European Socialists and a member of the Socialist International, and holds pro-European views. History The PS' predecessor, the Party of Labour of Albania (''Partia e Punës së Shqipërisë - PPSH''), was formed in November 1941, and has been known as the Socialist Party (''Partia Socialiste - PSSH'') since 1991, when it survived in the wake of the dramatic changes that had taken place in Albania since 1989. PPSH was the Albanian Communist party under its founder and longtime leader Enver Hoxha and the only ruling party in the country since the end of World War II. Hoxha's successor Ramiz Alia was forced to introduce limited reforms in the late 1980s. On 11 December 1990, Alia announced that the PPSh had given up its monopo ...
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Metropolitan Bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis. Originally, the term referred to the bishop of the chief city of a historical Roman province, whose authority in relation to the other bishops of the province was recognized by the First Council of Nicaea (AD 325). The bishop of the provincial capital, the metropolitan, enjoyed certain rights over other bishops in the province, later called " suffragan bishops". The term ''metropolitan'' may refer in a similar sense to the bishop of the chief episcopal see (the "metropolitan see") of an ecclesiastical province. The head of such a metropolitan see has the rank of archbishop and is therefore called the metropolitan archbishop of the ecclesiastical province. Metropolitan (arch)bishops preside over synods of the bishops of their ecclesiastical province, and canon law and traditio ...
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Böhlau Verlag
Böhlau Verlag is a book and magazine publisher predominantly of humanities and social science disciplines, based in Vienna (Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Co. KG) and Cologne (Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Cie.), with a branch in Weimar. They describe their focus as being "from the historically oriented humanities". The publishing house was an independent and privately owned media corporation until it was acquired by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht in 2017. Company history In 1853 the bookseller Hermann Böhlau (1826-1900) founded the publishing house, which would become known for its legal, linguistic and literary-historical works. Its output included Goethe's collected works in 143 volumes (1887–1919). This book series was officially known as ''Goethes Werke'' and commonly referred to as the Weimar Ausgabe (WA) of Goethe's works and as the "Sophien Edition", having been named after the patron Grand Duchess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the wife of Grand Duke Carl Alexander. In 1883 the publishing ...
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Leo III The Isaurian
Leo III the Isaurian ( gr, Λέων ὁ Ἴσαυρος, Leōn ho Isauros; la, Leo Isaurus; 685 – 18 June 741), also known as the Syrian, was Byzantine Emperor from 717 until his death in 741 and founder of the Isaurian dynasty. He put an end to the Twenty Years' Anarchy, a period of great instability in the Byzantine Empire between 695 and 717, marked by the rapid succession of several emperors to the throne. He also successfully defended the Empire against the invading Umayyads and forbade the veneration of icons. Early life Of Syrian extraction, Leo was born in Germanikeia, Commagene (modern Kahramanmaraş in Turkey). His original name was Konon ( gr, Κόνων; la, Conon or ''Cononus''). Some, including the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes, have claimed that Konon's family had been resettled in Thrace, where he entered the service of Emperor Justinian II, when the latter was advancing on Constantinople with an army of loyalist followers, and horsemen provided by Terve ...
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