Mavrovë
Encyclopedia
Mavrovë or Mavrova, is a village in the Vlorë District
, Albania
, about 11 km southeast of Vlorë
, in the Shushicë River
valley. Near the village lie the remains of the ancient Greek
city of Olympe.
Vlorë District
The District of Vlorë is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, part of Vlorë County. Its population of 151,314 . The district has a land area of 1,609 km². It is in the south-west of the country, and its capital is Vlorë. Its population includes a Greek minority...
, Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
, about 11 km southeast of Vlorë
Vlorë
Vlorë is one of the biggest towns and the second largest port city of Albania, after Durrës, with a population of about 94,000 . It is the city where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28, 1912...
, in the Shushicë River
Shushicë River
The Shushicë is a river in southern Albania, tributary of the Vjosë. Its source is in the southeastern part of the Vlorë District, near the village Kuç, municipality Horë-Vranisht. It flows generally northwest through Brataj, Kotë and Shushicë and flows into the Vjosë near Armen, northeast of...
valley. Near the village lie the remains of the ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
city of Olympe.
External links
- http://www.maplandia.com/albania/vlore/mavrove/
- http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.870451/Shkall%C3%AB%20Mavrov%C3%AB/