Kurvelesh (region)
Appearance
Kurvelesh is a region in southern Albania, within the Southern Mountain Range.[1] In the region, which is divided into the communes of Brataj, Horë-Vranisht, Kurvelesh and Picar, fifteen villages are located.[2] It is considered to be the heart of the larger Laberia region.
The Kurvelesh region is inhabited by Muslim Lab Albanians.[3] Traditionally neighbourhoods of local villages in the region had houses built as fortresses lacking windows on the ground floor while the blood feud used to be a common feature of the area.[3] The people of Kurvelesh practised endogamy by intermarrying within the villages of the region.[3]
Notable people
- Nafiz Bezhani, jurist, politician and writer.
- Zenel Gjoleka, leader of the Albanian Revolt of 1847.
- Muzafer Korkuti, archaeologist and Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
- Jakup Mato, head of Centre of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
- Hodo Nivica, leader of the Albanian Revolt of 1847.
- Çelo Picari, leader of the Albanian Revolt of 1847.
References
- ^ Geonames. "Kurvelesh region".
- ^ Kaser, Karl; Pichler, Robert; Schwandner-Sievers, Stephanie (2002). Die weite Welt und das Dorf: albanische Emigration am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts (in German). Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 133. ISBN 9783205994138.
- ^ a b c Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780198142539.
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(help) "by the vendetta, which is very strong in the whole of Kurevelesh... For example the Albanians of the Kurvelesh call themselves a group of the Liaps (Liapidhes in the Greek form) and hold their neighbour in contempt. The intermarry only within the villages of the Kurvelesh; they are all Mohammedan, some families are polygamous, and the houses in the mahaladhes are built as fortresses with no windows on the ground floor."; pp. 216-217. "While this journey through Kurvelesh... The villages are Albanian in speech, and it is rare to find a man who knows Greek."