Petrela
Petrela is a village and a former municipality 15 km south of Tirana county in central Albania, with a population of 5,500 in 2011.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Terfili, Public domain.
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- Type: Village
- Description: municipal unit of Albania
- Also known as: “Komuna e Petreles” and “Petrelë”
- Address: Tiranë
Places of Interest
Highlights include Petrelë Castle and Tirana East Gate.
Petrelë Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Petrelë Castle is a castle in Petrelë, central Albania. Its history dates back to the 6th century, when it was built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
Tirana East Gate
Shopping center
Photo: Kj1595, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tirana East Gate is a shopping mall based in Tirana, Albania. It is located about 4 kilometres from the city center of Tirana just off the National Road SH3 in Lundër.
Bride’s Tomb
Monument
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bride's Tomb is a Cultural Monument of Albania, located in Mullet, Tirana County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mullet and Shënkoll.
Mullet
Village
Mullet is a village in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana. It lies at an elevation of 551 feet.
Shënkoll
Village
Shënkoll is a village in the former municipality of Petrelë in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.
Dobresh
Village
Dobresh is a village in the former municipality of Bërzhitë in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.
Petrela
- Categories: bashkia, Communes of Albania, and locality
- Location: Bashkia Tiranë, Tirana, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.2543° or 41° 15′ 15″ northLongitude
19.8565° or 19° 51′ 24″ eastElevation
232 metres (761 feet)Open location code
8FHX7V34+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2538483604OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Petrela” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Fshat i Tiranes”
- Albanian: “Komuna Petrelë”
- Albanian: “Njësia administrative Petrelë”
- Arabic: “بيتريلا (ألبانيا)”
- Arabic: “بيتريلا”
- Bengali: “পেট্রেলা”
- Bulgarian: “Петрейо”
- Catalan: “Petrelë”
- Cebuano: “Komuna e Petrelës”
- Czech: “Petrelë”
- Dutch: “Petrelë”
- French: “Petrelë”
- German: “Petrela”
- Italian: “Petrelë”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Petrelë”
- Portuguese: “Petrelë”
- Swedish: “Komuna e Petrelës”
- Swedish: “Petrela”
- Turkish: “Petrela”
- Vietnamese: “Petrelë”
- Waray (Philippines): “Petrelë”
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Localities in the Area
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