Gurras
Gurras is a village in Buçimas, Bashkia Pogradec, Korçë County. Gurras is situated nearby to the village Tushemisht, as well as near Baçallëk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Albania
- Also known as: “Gurrasi”, “Zagorçani”, “Zagoriçan”, and “Zagoriçani”
- Address: BASHKIA POGRADEC
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of Saint Naum.
Monastery of Saint Naum
Monastery
Photo: Poppit2, Public domain.
The Monastery of Saint Naum is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery. It is named after the medieval Bulgarian writer and enlightener Saint Naum who founded it. Monastery of Saint Naum is situated 4 km northeast of Gurras.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tushemisht and Rëmenj.
Tushemisht
Village
Photo: Tori Oseku, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tushemisht is a village in the Korçë County, in southeastern Albania, located on the shores of Lake Ohrid. It was part of the former Buçimas municipality.
Rëmenj
Village
Rëmenj is a village near Buçimas in Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Pogradec. Its name refers to the former presence of Aromanians in the area, drawing from the traditional Albanian rëmër, derived in Tosk Albanian from romanus. Rëmenj is situated 4 km west of Gurras.
Pogradec
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pogradec is a town in the east of Albania on the shores of Lake Ohrid. In 2019 the mixed UNESCO World Heritage site "Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region" was extended to also include the Albanian side of the lake.
Gurras
- Category: locality
- Location: Buçimas, Bashkia Pogradec, Korçë County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.88496° or 40° 53′ 6″ northLongitude
20.71468° or 20° 42′ 53″ eastElevation
698 metres (2,290 feet)Open location code
8GG2VPM7+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 712338195OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Macedonian—“Gurras” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Gurras”
- Bulgarian: “Гурас”
- Bulgarian: “Загоричани”
- Macedonian: “Загоричани”
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