Borsh Castle
Borsh Castle | |
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Kalaja e Borshit | |
Borsh, in southern Albania | |
Coordinates | 40°04′13″N 19°51′20″E / 40.070278°N 19.855556°E |
Site information | |
Owner | Albania |
Controlled by | Chaonians Despotate of Epirus Byzantine Empire Republic of Venice Ottoman Empire Albania |
Open to the public | Yes |
Site history | |
Built | 4th century BC |
Materials | Limestone, brick |
40°4′13″N 19°51′20″E / 40.07028°N 19.85556°E Borsh Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Borshit) also known as Sopot Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Sopotit) from the hill it is located, is a ruined castle near the village Borsh, Albania, near the coast of the Ionian Sea. Inside the castle is the 17th-century Hajji Bendo Mosque from Ottoman times.
History
The castle dates to Antiquity, and its fortifications follow the trace of an
The site is first mentioned in the early 13th century, when archbishop
Following the
The walls of the castle, which follow the ancient fortifications, survive. In the interior, the medieval fortress was divided through a wall in two. Triangular towers were added later, probably during the middle Byzantine period.[1] In the interior of the castle stand ruins of various buildings and cisterns.[1]
See also
References
Sources
- Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë (2002). Historia e popullit shqiptar (in Albanian). Vol. 1. Tirana, Albania: Botimet Toena. ISBN 978-99927-1-622-9.
- Soustal, Peter; Koder, Johannes (1981). Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 3: Nikopolis und Kephallēnia (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 3-7001-0399-9.