St Mary's Church is a Catholic church in
Vau i Dejës
Vau i Dejës (), English: Deja's Ford, is a town and a municipality in Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bushat, Hajmel, Shllak, Temal, Vau i Dej ...
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Shkodër
Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...
, Albania. It was built in the 12th century and destroyed in 1969. The building was listed as a culture monument of
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 ...
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History
It was blown up on May 30, 1969, on the order of
Fadil Ymeri.
Gani Stratizmiri filed a lawsuit with the prosecutor, because at the time, it had been a culture monument for about 20 years, and it was carrying a sign that it protected by the state. Prosecutor justified the perpetrators on the grounds that they acted without knowing that the church was a culture monument.
Current status
The church has been reconstructed near the old church ruins. The church is illustrated on the 1000
lek currency note in 1996:
References
{{Catholic Church in Albania
Roman Catholic churches in Shkodër
Destroyed churches in Albania