The Byzantine Church () is a ruined church in Lin,

Korçë County Korçë County (), officially the County of Korçë (), is a Counties of Albania, county in the Southern Albania, Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the largest by area and the List of counties of Albania by population, fifth most p ...

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

. It is a

Cultural Monument of Albania In Albania, a cultural monument () is a construction or work of cultural, historical and artistic value that is built in a visible space, made in memory of important events or prominent people. Cultural monuments are usually under state protection ...

. The church has been included within the possible UNESCO site of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region (Albania). The church was built during the 6th century AD, in the

Justinian Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...

era.Mozaiku i Linit, Prishet ndreqet si pëlhura e Penelopës Fatbardh Rama 2010

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{{Byzantine architecture in Albania Cultural Monuments of Albania Buildings and structures in Pogradec Church ruins in Albania 6th-century churches Churches in Korçë County Lin, Korçë Byzantine church buildings in Albania