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'''Këlcyrë''' or '''Klisura'''<ref name=Medieval,Balkans>[http://books.google.com/books?id=QDFVUDmAIqIC&pg=PA253&dq=klisura+epirus&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1970&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&hl=el&cd=1#v=onepage&q=klisura%20epirus&f=false The Late Medieval Balkans]</ref> ({{lang-el|''Κλεισούρα''}}) is a small town in the [[Përmet District]], southern [[Albania]], situated on the bank of the river [[Vjosë]].<ref>[http://www.legjislacionishqiptar.gov.al/doc.jsp?doc=docs/Ligj%20Nr%209969%20Dat%C3%AB%2024-07-2008.htm Albanian government budget legislation]</ref> The Vjosë forms a canyon near the town, known as the [[Këlcyrë Gorge]].
'''Këlcyrë''' or '''Klisura'''<ref name=Medieval,Balkans>[http://books.google.com/books?id=QDFVUDmAIqIC&pg=PA253&dq=klisura+epirus&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1970&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&hl=el&cd=1#v=onepage&q=klisura%20epirus&f=false The Late Medieval Balkans]</ref> ) is a small town in the [[Përmet District]], southern [[Albania]], situated on the bank of the river [[Vjosë]].<ref>[http://www.legjislacionishqiptar.gov.al/doc.jsp?doc=docs/Ligj%20Nr%209969%20Dat%C3%AB%2024-07-2008.htm Albanian government budget legislation]</ref> The Vjosë forms a canyon near the town, known as the [[Këlcyrë Gorge]].


==History==
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Revision as of 21:44, 2 March 2010

Këlcyrë
Municipality
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër County
DistrictPërmet District
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car PlatesPR

Këlcyrë or Klisura[1] ) is a small town in the Përmet District, southern Albania, situated on the bank of the river Vjosë.[2] The Vjosë forms a canyon near the town, known as the Këlcyrë Gorge.

History

There are a few graves, which date from the Bronze Age.[citation needed]

During[citation needed] the 2nd Macedonian War against the Romans, the troops of Phillip V controlled the bottleneck. The Macedonians had secured the passage and then blocked the Roman advance in 198 BC. A shepherd is said to have led the Roman troops in the mountains, so that they could attack the Macedonians in the narrow gorge of two sides and destroy them. The Macedonians had been decisively defeated a first time. Later, the Romans used the route through the gorge of modern Këlcyrë and built a small settlement.

To control this passage a castle was built in the 13th Century[citation needed]. A medieval chronicle from the year 1272 mentioned the location with the Latin name Clausura (a word with meaning close to castle or lock[3]). The Byzantine Suda lexicon, writes that the Romans called the forts at the passes ([Κλεισούραι] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help))[4]. The Albanians had raided the Byzantine medieval town of Klisura in the 14th century[1].

The Turks advanced and built in the 19th Century also a seraglio[citation needed] in Këlcyrë. At this time Këlcyrë experienced its bloom as a key trading center between Berat, Korça and Gjirokastra.

Even today, the road is the main access route through the gorge that connects with Këlcyrë with Tepelena and with other centers of Albania. To the south, the road continues Përmet in the capital district and then to Greece. The road leading to the north in the direction of Berat is paved only a few kilometers, and navigate over long distances is very difficult. Around Këlcyrë there are some age-old Eastern Orthodox churches.

Notable People

References

  1. ^ a b The Late Medieval Balkans
  2. ^ Albanian government budget legislation
  3. ^ A Latin Dictionary
  4. ^ Suda,Entry; Κλεισούραι
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