Bregas
Bregas is a village in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It is part of the Finiq municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Vlorë, Albania
- Also known as: “Bregasi”, “Vermero”, “Vranero”, “Vromero”, “Vromeroj”, “Vromeroja”, and “Vronero”
- Address: BASHKIA FINIQ
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archeological Park of Phoinike and Forty Saints Monastery.
Archeological Park of Phoinike
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, Finiq, in southern Albania. Archeological Park of Phoinike is situated 3½ km east of Bregas.
Forty Saints Monastery
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monastery of the Forty Saint Martyrs is a ruined Eastern Orthodox monastery overlooking the coastal city of Sarandë in southern Albania. The monastery was erected during the 6th century AD and possibly became for at least one millennium the most important pilgrimage site in the Ionian Sea region. Forty Saints Monastery is situated 3 km south of Bregas.
Port of Sarandë
Marina
Photo: Joergsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Port of Sarandë or Sarandë Harbor is a port of Albania in the city of Sarandë. As of 2012, the port is undergoing an expansion to include a cruise line terminal. Port of Sarandë is situated 3½ km southwest of Bregas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karahaxhë and Gjashtë.
Karahaxhë
Village
Karahaxhë is a small village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.
Gjashtë
Village
Gjashtë is a village in the municipality of Sarandë, Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. Gjashtë is situated 3 km south of Bregas.
Sarandë
Sarandë, the gateway to southern Coastal Albania, is a small town of about 33,000 inhabitants, situated on a beautiful horseshoe bay between the mountains and the Ionian Sea.
Bregas
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Komuna e Finiqit, Bashkia Finiq, Vlorë County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.90146° or 39° 54′ 5″ northLongitude
20.02075° or 20° 1′ 15″ eastElevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
8GF2W22C+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 713605156OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Irish—“Bregas” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bregas”
- Dutch: “Bregas”
- Greek: “Βρωμερό”
- Irish: “Bregas”
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