Saraqinisht

Village in Gjirokastër, Albania

40°6′19″N 20°13′16″E / 40.10528°N 20.22111°E / 40.10528; 20.22111Country

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Saraqinisht is a small village of the former Antigonë municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Gjirokastër.^[1] Near the village are the remains of the ancient city of Antigonea, which was founded by Pyrrhus of Epirus, and named after his wife, Antigone. Saraqinisht is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population and an Aromanian minority.^[2]

At 1630-1653 the Aromanian inhabitants of the village were able to contribute to the foundation of several Orthodox monuments such as the churches of Saint Nicholas, Prophet Elija and the nearby monastery of Theotokos of Spilaio.^[3]

References

^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 34. "Στα πλαίσια της επιτόπιας έρευνας που πραγματοποιήσαμε στην Αλβανία (Νοέμβριος-Δεκέμβριος 1992), μελετήσαμε το ζήτημα των εθνοπολιτισμικών ομάδων, όπως αυτές συνειδητοποιούνται σήμερα επί τόπου. [As part of the fieldwork we held in Albania (November–December 1992), we studied the issue of ethnocultural groups, as they are realized today on the spot.]"; p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, Β Βλάχοι"; p.57. "SARAQINISHTA ΣΑΡΑΚΙΝΙΣΤΑ. 199 ΑΧ + β".
^ Γιακουμής, Κωνσταντίνος Γ (23 November 2011). "Κριτική έκδοση επιγραφών συνεργείων από το Λινοτόπι στις περιφέρειες της ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας της Αλβανίας". Δελτίον της Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας (in Greek). 21: 249–266. doi:10.12681/dchae.563. ISSN 2241-2190. Φαίνεται ότι οι βλαχόφωνοι κάτοικοι του χωριού...άλλων εκκλησιών