Milot is a town and a former municipality in the

Lezhë County Lezhë County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population as of 2021 was 120,678, in an area of 1,620 km².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 ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

Kurbin Kurbin is a municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Fushë Kuqe, Laç, Mamurras and Milot. The seat of the municipality is the town Laç. The total population at th ...

. The population at the 2023 census was 6,193. The municipal unit of Milot is composed of the town of Milot and 14 villages, including Fushë Milot, Mal i Bardhë, Vinjoll, Shkopet, Ferr-Shkopet and Skuraj. The town stands on the southern bank of the Mat River. Nearby is the well-known Zogu Bridge named after the leader

Zog I of Albania Zog I (born Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli; 8 October 18959 April 1961) was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's youngest ever Prime Minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as King ...

. The bridge was built in 1927 to cross the Mat river and improve access to the north-west of the country.

History

On 7 September 1457, the

Battle of Ujëbardha The Battle of Albulena (), also known as the Battle of Ujëbardha, was fought on 2 September 1457 between League of Lezhë, Albanian forces led by Skanderbeg and an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman army under Isak-Beg, Ishak bey Evrenoz and Skanderbeg' ...

occurred in Milot. It was the

Second Siege of Krujë The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of Un ...

when an Albanian army led by

Skanderbeg Gjergj Kastrioti (17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanians, Albanian Albanian nobility, feudal lord and military commander who led Skanderbeg's rebellion, a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, ...

broke the surrounding Ottoman army. The defeat was chronicled in considerable detail by Ottoman chronicler

Evliya Çelebi Dervish Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman explorer who travelled through his home country during its cultural zenith as well as neighboring lands. He travelled for over 40 years, rec ...

. The Battle of Ujëbardha was one of the greatest victories for Skanderbeg.

Notable people

Prenk Pervizi Prenk Pervizi (4 May 1897 – 6 September 1977) was an Albanians, Albanian military figure, General of the Albanian army, who also served as Ministry of Defence (Albania), Minister of Defence for a short period during World War II. Pervizi attend ...

(1897–1977), general of the Zogist army

References

Former municipalities in Lezhë County Administrative units of Kurbin Towns in Albania {{Lezhë-geo-stub ro:Milot