Polisi

Polisi is a mountain range in Elbasan County, central Albania. It stretches along the upper valley of the Shkumbin river. Polisi reaches an elevation of 1,974 m (6,476 ft) above sea level at its highest peak, Fage e Madhe. Another peak of the massif is Mali Plak, which reaches an elevation of 1,943 m (6,375 ft) above sea level.[1]

Polisi
Polisi Location of Polis in Albania
Highest point
Peak	Fage e Madhe[1]
Elevation	1,974 m (6,476 ft) [1]
Coordinates	41°07′00″N 20°19′00″E [2]
Geography
Location	Elbasan County, Albania
Parent range	Polis massif[1]
Geology
Mountain type	Sedimentary (Limestone), Magmatic[3]

In classical antiquity it was a central mountain range in southern Illyria, and was known as Kandavia or Candaviae Montes.[4][2] It likely gave the name to the part of Via Egnatia that followed the convergence of its two branches from Dyrrhachium and Apollonia, which was attested as "επί Κανδαουίας" (epí Kandaouías) in Strabo's Geography.[5]

References

Citations

1. Savino et al. 2003, p. 34
2. Wilkes 2015, "Candaviae M."
3. Savino et al. 2003, pp. 34–35
4. Wilkes 2000, pp. 749, 751.
5. Fasolo 2005, p. 20.

Bibliography

• Fasolo, Michele (2005) [2003]. La via Egnatia I. Da Apollonia e Dyrrachium ad Herakleia Lynkestidos. Viae Publicae Romanae (in Italian). 1. Rome: Istituto Grafico Editoriale Romano.
• Savino, Giuseppe; Didonna, Ferdinando; Parise, Mario; Sgobba, Domenico (2003). "La ricerca speleo-carsica in Albania: risultati e prospettive". Thalassia Salentina (in Italian). 23: 33–40. ISSN 1591-0725.
• Wilkes, J. J. (2000). "Map 49 Illyricum. Compiled by J.J. Wilkes, 1995". In Talbert, Richard J. A. (ed.). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-by-map Directory. 1. Princeton University Press. pp. 749–760. ISBN 0691049459.
• Wilkes, John J. J. (2015). "Places: 481781 (Candaviae M.)". Pleiades. Retrieved January 28, 2021.