Arapaj

Arapaj is a village in the former municipality of Rrashbull, Durrës County, Albania.

Arapaj
Village
The ruins of the Paleochristian Basilica of Saint Michael in Arapaj
Arapaj
Coordinates: 41°18′11″N 19°30′20″E
Country Albania
CountyDurrës
MunicipalityDurrës
Municipal unitRrashbull
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Durrës.[1] It is a southern suburb of Durrës, located near the Mediterranean coast, approximately 6 kilometres south of this city.

Arapaj is a noted archaeological site, containing the substantial Basilica of Saint Michael dedicated to Saint Michael, an early Palaeo-Christian church which is believed to back to the fifth or sixth century.[2][3] It has been declared a Cultural Monument of Albania because of its architectural significance.[4] A mosaic unearthed in the Basilica also demonstrates how engrained its culture was later on with the early Byzantine Empire.[5]

References
  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  2. Albania today, 1981, p.46
  3. "Shen Mehill Arapaj Basilica - holiday Albania". Tixik.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  4. "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  5. Winnifrith, Tom (1991). Perspectives on Albania. Warwick studies in the European humanities. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-51282-0.

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