Drisht
Drisht is a village, former bishopric and Latin titular see with an Ancient and notable medieval history in Albania, 6 km from Mesi Bridge. It is located in the former municipality Postribë in the Shkodër County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drisht Castle and Kratul Fortification.
Drisht Castle
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Drisht Castle is a ruined castle above the modern Albanian village of Drisht, medieval Drivastum, in the municipal unit Postribë, Shkodër County, Albania.
Kratul Fortification
Kratul was an Illyrian settlement and fortification located in the territories of the Illyrian tribe of Labeates. The archaeological material indicates that life at the settlement was active from the early Iron Age until the 1st century AD. Kratul Fortification is situated 3 km west of Drisht.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mes and Urë e Shtrenjtë.
Mes
Village
Mes is a village in the former municipality of Postribë in Shkodër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Shkodër. Mes is situated 4 km southwest of Drisht.
Urë e Shtrenjtë
Village
Ura e Shtrenjtë is a small village in the valley of the river Kir in northern Albania. It was part of the former municipality of Postribë, in Shkodër County. Urë e Shtrenjtë is situated 4½ km northeast of Drisht.
Vorfë
Village
Vorfë is a settlement in the former Gruemirë municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. Vorfë is situated 6 km northwest of Drisht.
Drisht
- Type: Village
- Description: Albanian village with notable medieval history
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Postribë, Shkodër, Shkodër County, Coastal Albania, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.12376° or 42° 7′ 26″ northLongitude
19.61095° or 19° 36′ 39″ eastElevation
66 metres (217 feet)Open location code
8FJX4JF6+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 728427937OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Drisht” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Drisht”
- Albanian: “Drishti”
- Bulgarian: “Дриваст”
- Chinese: “德里什特”
- Chinese: “德里希特”
- Croatian: “Drivast”
- Dutch: “Drisht”
- French: “Drisht”
- German: “Drisht”
- Greek: “Ντριστ”
- Hungarian: “Drisht”
- Irish: “Drisht”
- Italian: “Drisht”
- Italian: “Drivasto”
- Polish: “Drisht”
- Russian: “Дришти”
- Serbian: “Дриваст”
- Spanish: “Drivasto”
- Swedish: “Drisht”
- Ukrainian: “Дришт”
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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 “Drisht”. Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 4.0.