Glavinica or Glavenica was a medieval town that was located in present-day southern
Albania. It is mentioned in the "Short Life" of
Clement of Ohrid as one of the three places of rest provided by the Bulgarian prince
Boris I
Boris I, also known as Boris-Mihail (Michael) and ''Bogoris'' ( cu, Борисъ А҃ / Борисъ-Михаилъ bg, Борис I / Борис-Михаил; died 2 May 907), was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire in 852–889. At ...
() to Clement. It is known that the town foll within the historical district of
Kutmichevitsa, but its exact location is unknown. Some modern scholars believe that the city was located on the site of the modern town of
Ballsh
Ballsh ( sq-definite, Ballshi) is a town and a former municipality in Fier County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Mallakastër. It was the seat of the former District ...
, where in 1918 the Austrian army discovered a
column with an inscription testifying to the baptism of the Bulgarians during the reign of Prince Boris. In the "Short Life" it is mentioned that he left such monuments around Glavinica, which in the beginning of the 13th century could still be seen around Balshi. According to other assumptions, the city was located near the city of
Vlora.
[Dimitri Obolensky, Six Byzantine Portraits.
Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints Series, Clarendon Press, 1988; , p. 29.] Glavenitsa was the center of one of the main dioceses of the
Ohrid Archbishopric
The Archbishopric of Ohrid, also known as the Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid
*T. Kamusella in The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe, Springer, 2008, p. 276
*Aisling Lyon, Decentralisation and the Management of Ethni ...
, including the fortress of
Kanina.
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Former populated places in Albania