Lekas
Lekas is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Korçë.- Type: Village
- Description: municipal unit in Korçë, Albania
- Also known as: “Lekasi”
- Address: BASHKIA KORÇË
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church, Lavdar.
Holy Trinity Church, Lavdar
Church
Holy Trinity Church of Lavdar, also known as the Holy Trinity Church of Tudas is a 15th century Albanian orthodox church built in the Byzantine style by the medieval Albanian noble family of Muzaka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Voskopoja.
Voskopoja
Village
Photo: Klajdidika, Public domain.
Voskopoja is a village in Southeastern Albania, located in Korçë County. Once a prominent urban center in the 18th century, it was a hub of Aromanian, Greek, and Albanian culture, featuring a printing press and numerous churches. Voskopoja is situated 7 km northeast of Lekas.
Lekas
- Categories: bashkia, Communes of Albania, and locality
- Location: Komuna e Lekasit, Korçë, Korçë County, Southeastern Albania, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.60136° or 40° 36′ 5″ northLongitude
20.51445° or 20° 30′ 52″ eastElevation
1,010 metres (3,314 feet)Open location code
8GG2JG27+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 712338142OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Lekas” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Komuna Lekas”
- Albanian: “Njësia administrative Lekas”
- Cebuano: “Komuna e Lekasit”
- Dutch: “Lekas”
- French: “Lekas”
- Greek: “Λέκας”
- Italian: “Lekas”
- Macedonian: “Лејка”
- Macedonian: “Лекас”
- Malay: “Lekas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lekas”
- Polish: “Gmina Lekas”
- Portuguese: “Lekas”
- Spanish: “Lekas”
- Swedish: “Komuna e Lekasit”
- Turkish: “Lekas”
- Uzbek: “Lekas”
- Vietnamese: “Lekas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lekas”
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