Kaninë

Kaninë is a settlement in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vlorë.[2] It is home to the Kaninë Castle.

Kaninë
Village
The mosque of Kaninë from above
Kaninë
Coordinates: 40°26′23″N 19°31′8″E
Country	Albania
County	Vlorë
Municipality	Vlorë
Municipal unit	Qendër Vlorë
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

In the 11th–12th centuries, Kanina (Greek: τὰ Κάνινα) along with Jericho (Oricum) and Aulon, it formed a Byzantine province.[3] As the Provincia Jericho et Caninon, it appears in the imperial chrysobull granted to Venice in 1198 by Alexios III Angelos.[3] In the 13th century it was part of the Despotate of Epirus, until Michael II Komnenos Doukas gave it as dowry to his daughter Helena Angelina Doukaina when she married King Manfred of Sicily in 1258.[3] It remained part of the Kingdom of Sicily thereafter, along with Aulon, until at least the 1330s.[4]

Notable people

• Donika Kastrioti

References

1. "Location of Kaninë". Retrieved 22 April 2010.
2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
3. Zakythinos 1941, p. 219.
4. Zakythinos 1941, pp. 219–220.

Sources

• Zakythinos, Dionysios (1941). "Μελέται περὶ τῆς διοικητικῆς διαιρέσεως καὶ τῆς ἐπαρχιακῆς διοικήσεως ἐν τῷ Βυζαντινῷ κράτει" [Studies on the administrative division and provincial administration in the Byzantine state]. Ἐπετηρίς Ἐταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (in Greek). 17: 208–274.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)