Maliq-Opar

Maliq-Opar
Village
Maliq-Opar
Coordinates: 40°37′15″N 20°26′6″E / 40.62083°N 20.43500°E / 40.62083; 20.43500Coordinates: 40°37′15″N 20°26′6″E / 40.62083°N 20.43500°E / 40.62083; 20.43500
Country Albania Albania
County Korçë
Municipality Maliq
Administrative Unit Moglicë
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Maliq-Opar is a community in the Korçë County, Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Maliq.[2]

History

The origin of the medieval Albanian noble family Muzaka, which would later rule a lordship based at Berat, is found in Opar.[3] In his memoirs, Gjon Muzaka (fl. 1510) wrote that Opar was a village populated by Albanians fought against Slav and Ottomans, they joined the Skanderbeg army.[4]

Culture

The masons of the area speak a unique sociolect known as Purishte.

References

  1. ↑ "Location of Opar". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  2. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  3. ↑ Anamali, Skënder (2002), Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime (in Albanian), I, Botimet Toena, pp. 252–255, OCLC 52411919
  4. ↑ "John Musachi: Brief Chronicle on the Descendants of our Musachi Dynasty".


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