Mborje

Mborje is a settlement in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Korçë.[1] It is a southeastern suburb of Korçë.

Mborje
Village
Mborje
Coordinates: 40°36′12″N 20°48′11″E
Country	Albania
County	Korçë
Municipality	Korçë
Municipal unit	Drenovë
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Interior of church in Mborje

History

It is said that thousands of years ago, when the field of Korce was covered by water, (Kenete), Mborje was the center of the civilization. This is also testified by many Palofites (houses built in the water) found there.

The Holy Resurrection Church (Albanian: Kisha e Ristozit), a 14th-century church (13 November 1389), is one of the most important cultural monuments of the settlement.[2]

About the end of the 15th century, after Korçë was founded by Ilias Bey Mirahori, a local converted Muslim Albanian lord, the new town must have been dominated initially by the old castle of Mborje. Throughout the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century the castle was mantained by the Ottomans. The Tapu Defter of 1519 records a cemaat of Christian müsellems in the castle. According to this document the village of Mborje (Enboryo), which depended on Korçë (Görice), numbered 88 households of Christians and 18 households of Muslims.[3]

Notable people

• Dhimitër Mborja, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
• Tefik Mborja, general secretary of the Albanian Fascist Party

References

1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
2. Gloyer, Gillian (2008-07-17). The Bradt Travel Guide Albania. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-84162-246-0.
3. Kiel 1990, p. 162.

Bibliography

• Kiel, Machiel (1990). Ottoman Architecture in Albania, 1385-1912. Islamic art series. 5. Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture. ISBN 9290633301.