St Saviour’s Church, Kërçishti i Epërm
St Saviour's Church is a church in Kërçishti i Epërm, Dibër County, Albania. It was designated a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1970. The annual holiday Spasovden is celebrated at the church by the Macedonian Orthodox population.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: historic site in Kërçisht
- Also known as: “Ascension of Christ Church, Kërçishti i Epërm” and “Kisha e Shën Sotirit - Sveti Spas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rudina.
Rudina
Peak
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Rudina is a peak, which is situated 4 km east of St Saviour’s Church, Kërçishti i Epërm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kërçisht i Sipërm and Kërçisht i Poshtëm.
Kërçisht i Sipërm
Village
Kërçisht i Sipërm is a village in the former Maqellarë Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dibër. It is located near the Macedonian border, on the mountain Dešat.
Kërçisht i Poshtëm
Village
Kërçisht i Poshtëm is a village in the former Maqellarë Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dibër. It is located near the Macedonian border, on the mountain Dešat.
Banište
Village
Photo: Dean Lazarevski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Banište is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia. It is located close to the Albanian border. Banište is situated 3 km south of St Saviour’s Church, Kërçishti i Epërm.
St Saviour’s Church, Kërçishti i Epërm
- Categories: historic site, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Maqellarë, Dibër, Dibër County, Northeastern Albania, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.58229° or 41° 34′ 56″ northLongitude
20.51726° or 20° 31′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8GH2HGJ8+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1259367101OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxWikidata ID
Q20819242
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to French—“St Saviour’s Church, Kërçishti i Epërm” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kisha e Shën Sotirit (Kërçisht)”
- Albanian: “Kisha e Shën Sotirit”
- Bulgarian: “Свети Спас”
- French: “église Saint-Sauveur de Kërçishti i Epërm”
- French: “Église Saint-Sauveur de Kërçishti i Epërm”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Demetrius Church, Kërçisht i Sipërm and Border Crossing Bllatë - Blato.
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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 “St Saviour’s Church, Kërçishti i Epërm”. Photo: Avramescu Marius, CC BY-SA 4.0.