Kostar

Kostar is a village in , southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Albania
  • Also known as: “Costari”, “Kostari”, and “Kosturi”
  • Address: BASHKIA FINIQ

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archeological Park of Phoinike and Delvinë Castle.

Photo: Giuseppe.lepore4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoenice or Phoenike was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. It is located high on an almost impregnable hill commanding the fertile valley below and near the modern town of the same name, , in southern . is situated 4 km southwest of Kostar.

Photo: Albinfo, CC0.
is a castle near . It is unclear when the castle was built exactly but it is theorized the castle was first built in late antiquity.

Church
Photo: Decius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Nicholas Monastery Church is the katholikon of the abandoned Orthodox monastery of Saint George in , , . is situated 2½ km south of Kostar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vllahat and Delvine.

Village
is a village in in southern Albania, 13 km northeast of Saranda and 2 km southeast of Delvina. It is part of the municipality . The village is inhabited by Muslim Albanians.

Town
Photo: Decius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Delvinë is a town and a municipality in , southern , 16 kilometres northeast of . It was formed in the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Delvinë and , which became municipal units.

Village
is a populated place in the of Albania. It is part of the municipality of . The village is inhabited by Muslim Albanians. is situated 3½ km west of Kostar.

Kostar

Latitude
39.93034° or 39° 55′ 49″ north
Longitude
20.10186° or 20° 6′ 7″ east
Elevation
360 metres (1,181 feet)
Open location code
8GF2W4J2+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 728422967
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
363316
Wiki­data ID
Q13041037
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to German—“Kostar” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kostar”
  • German: “Kostar”

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