Selckë
Selckë is a small village in the former Pogon municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Gjirokastër, Albania
- Also known as: “Scelzi”, “Selca”, “Selcë”, “Selck”, “Selcke”, “Selezzi”, and “Selok”
- Address: BASHKIA DROPULL
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos.
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
Church
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, simply known as Koimissi or Saint Mary church, is a Byzantine-era Albanian Orthodox church in the village of Labovë e Kryqit, in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos is situated 4 km south of Selckë.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Labovë e Kryqit and Stegopul.
Labovë e Kryqit
Village
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Labovë e Kryqit is a settlement in Southern Albania, which has taken the name of its Dormition of the Theotokos Church. It consists of two neighbourhoods: Labovë e Poshtme and Labovë e Sipërme. Labovë e Kryqit is situated 4 km south of Selckë.
Stegopul
Village
Stegopul or Stegopull is a village in Lunxhëri, Gjirokastër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality Libohovë. Stegopul is situated 4 km west of Selckë.
Poliçan
Village
Poliçan is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. It is within the wider Pogoni region that stretches in both Greece and Albania. Poliçan is situated 5 km northeast of Selckë.
Selckë
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Pogon, Dropull, Gjirokastër County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.10887° or 40° 6′ 32″ northLongitude
20.29684° or 20° 17′ 49″ eastElevation
642 metres (2,106 feet)Open location code
8GG2475W+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 728420515OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Selckë”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.