Shëmhill

Shëmhill is a village in Bradashesh, Elbasan. Shëmhill is situated nearby to the village Petresh, as well as near Jalesh.

Type: Village
Description: village in Elbasan County, Albania
Also known as: “Shëmbilli”, “Shemhill”, “Shemhilli”, “Shëmilli”, and “Shënmhilli”
Address: ELBASAN

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ad Quintum and St. Jovan Vladimir’s Church.

Ad Quintum

Archaeological site

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Ad Quintum was an ancient settlement and a Roman thermal complex in Illyricum, near Bradashesh, present-day Albania. Ad Quintum was a mutatio of the Via Egnatia, which connected western Illyria with eastern Thrace, from the two starting points of Dyrrhachium and Apollonia, to Byzantium.

St. Jovan Vladimir’s Church

Church

Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint Jovan Vladimir's Church is an Albanian Orthodox church in Shijon, Elbasan County, Albania. It is dedicated to the Dukljan prince and saint Jovan Vladimir, the son-in-law of the Bulgarian Tsar Samuil. St. Jovan Vladimir’s Church is situated 2½ km northeast of Shëmhill.

Elbasan steelworks

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Elbasan steelworks is situated 3 km southeast of Shëmhill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petresh and Bradashesh.

Petresh

Village

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Petresh is a village.

Bradashesh

Village

Bradashesh is a village and a former municipality in Elbasan County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Elbasan.