Albanian Cultural Heritage

the side of arch. The two ceilings descry for
trappings with rosettes and border, partly
painted florae figured, like as girdle with
plane of shelf and tumbler of decorative
smokestack. In the present condition the
habitation of Zekatëve doesn’t present
problems for serious intervention of
restoration.
The Church of Saint Mary in Labova e
Kryqit. The church of Saint Mary in the
Labova of the Cross is of the style of an
inside-written cross with roof of provincial
Byzantine type. Inside are used arches
of two floors that carry the roof and
making thus reference to the to some of
Kostandinopoje churches. The originate
time is still undetermined in lack of written
documents but voices confirm as the
originate date the XVIII-XIV based this to
the volume and plain similarity with the
GJIROKASTRA COUNTY
churches of Kosturi and Ohri at that time.
In the out appearance the church is created
using kluasonazh style similar to the other
churches of Southern Albania.
In this county you may visit also the
Ethnographic Museum of Gjirokastra,
the churches of Saint Mary in Leusë and
Kosinë, near the town of Përment, the
Libovoha Castle, (XVIII century), the Holy
Virgin Monastery in Goranxi, (Region of
Dropulli), the Tekke of Melani (close to
Libohova), etc.
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