Trakult Newsletter - Issue Nr. 4

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Newsletter

Issue nr. 4

Centre for Albanian Cultural Heritage - Trakult Centre Rr. Sulejman Delvina 40, Shkalla 2, 7/4, Tiranë

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Intangible heritage of

Butrint, Second Phase

More on page 2

In 2014, an oral history project

was carried out in four villages

surrounding Butrint. The main

aim of the project was to ex-

tend the historical knowledge

of the site through memories

of people that could be used

to provide resources for local

schools and visitors to the site.More on page 3

As the last researches have shown during the Venetian adminis-

tration of Butrint a quite dense network of settlements and con-

nections between them were constructed. All the places were

named in Italian (Venetian), some of them with the names of

saints. Interesting among these constructions was the settlementof Zarapouli, St. Dimitri hill today.

Soon... Albanian Industrial Heritage

A new publication in english on

country’s recent past

Archaeological Survey of Saint Dimitri, Butrint



Archaeological survey ofSt. Dimitri, Butrint

As the last research have shown during the Venetian administration of Butrint a quite

dense network of settlements and connec tions between them were constructed. Interest-

ing among these constructions was the settlement of Zarapouli. The site of Zarapouli

was located on the southern slope of the hill of St. Dimitri, where the church of the

same saint and white cross are visible today. According to the old maps, principally

the Gonemi family’s grant map, Zaropouli was situated inside of the Venetian border

while Xarra was in the o ttoman territory. Despite support of historical evidence on this,

Zarapouli seemed to have been an Ottoman village, same as Xarra

The project is funded by the Butrint Foundation and attempts to elucidate the key posi-

tion of this area in the history of Butrint. As result, the project aims to:

•Assessing the topography of St. Dimitri hill and preparing a chronological map on

site’s usage on different periods.

•Analysing changes in settlement and landscape that took place to the southeast of

Butrint during the Venetian and Ottoman eras.

•Clarifying the relations be tween Zarapouli settlement and Xarra village during the Ve-

netian enclave an d afterwards.

•Adding results to the ong oing research work on L ater Butrint at Ali Pasha’s Castle, Tri-

angular Fortress, Surve y of Venetian Villas and other studies related to this period.


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Industrial Heritage Publication

The new publication on industrial heritage of Albania is an initiative that will be finalizedin the following months. The handbook will discuss the historical background of industrial

experience of the c ountry and its aftermath. An interesting section is dedicated to co nstruc-

tion of bunkers whilst a meaningful introduction explain the values of industrial heritage

towards the future of Albanian society.



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