The small church with a mosaic situated in the Durres amphitheater with a place where the people were baptized belonged to the paleochristian period. The church was in the Western part of the amphitheater and many Christian graves were also found near the church. It has an early Christian Crypt with a rare wall mosaic, shown here.
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 | Paleochristian mosaics under the Amphitheater    |  | |
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 |  on February 18, 2006 |
Durres was a very ancient centre of Christianity. It was one of the few places where the first communities of Christianity were formed. In year 58, Saint Caesar was martyred in Durres and in the year 100AD, in the time of the Roman Emperor, Trajan, Saint Asti was also martyred. The Christian community of Durres in 58AD is supposed to have had about 70 families. The small church with a mosaic situated in the Durres amphitheater with a place where the people were baptized belonged to the paleochristian period. The church was in the Western part of the amphitheater and many Christian graves were also found near the church. It has an early Christian Crypt with a rare wall mosaic, shown here. |
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| Byzantine city walls | | |
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| on February 14, 2006 |
During the 5th and 6th centuries, Durr?s was an important city of the western part of the Byzantine Empire. Under the rule of Anastas, who was born in Durr?s, many new buildings rose, such as the hippodrome, two surrounding city walls, and the Basilica of Arapajt. It was also an episcopal center. The photo shows a part of the city walls, built in typical Byzantine style |
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| Bukuroshja e Durrėsit mosaic | | |
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| on February 19, 2006 |
I have not seen Bukuroshja e Durrėsit (The Beautiful Girl of Durrės) and you will not see it in Dürres. I write a tip about it is because I have read plenty on it and nevertheless have not been able to see a single photo. This mosaic, which dates back to the 5th BC, is one of the most popular historical figures found in Durrės. The Beautiful Girl of Durrės is represented as a young girl surrounded by an ocean of flowers and carrying a lighted torch symbolising the new-born child. It is considered to be the goddess Ilitia or Eilitia, a daughter of Zeus and Hera who was sent by her mother to all women who gave birth, in order to help them through these difficult and decisive moments. During birth, women prayed to her as the liberator who freed the child from the womb It should have been now on display in the new Archeology museum of Durrės open in 2002 but the place designed for her is empty as she has been kept by Tirana Archeology museum, to the great sorrow of Durrės. When I will go to Tiranė, I will for sure go and have a look at this mysterious Beautiful Girl. |
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| Palm trees boulevard | | |
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| on February 14, 2006 |
A dual carriage-way boulevard lined with palm-trees connects the city center to the southern part of the city, which was designed as a sea-side resort for meritorious workers. This tourist resort stands 2-3 km away from the city center. We arrived late from Tiran? and left early in the morning for the south, which did not left much time to visit the city. |
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| Amphitheater of Durrės | | |
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| on March 20, 2006 |
Durrės developed during the period between the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD, and became a major trading center and the main port on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. Craftsmanship developed, roads, libraries, aqueducts and odeons were built, as was the Amphitheater of Durrės. At the end of the 3rd century, Durrės became the center of the province of New Epirus. When we visited Durrės in 1988, the amphitheater was closed and our guide had to look for the key to open the gate. There was not much to see inside. Besides the amphitheater, there are several ancient remains that are There is for example a French-Albanian research operation under way on a sanctuary on the Daut? hill of Dyrrachion. It has already given a great deal of earthen ware (statues and dishes) on display in the museum. More on this reaerch at Mission Franco-Albanaise |
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| The bay of Durrės | | |
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| on March 20, 2006 |
The photo shows the whole bay of Durrės, taken from the holiday resort. The city center and the harbor are at the other end of the bay, in the background and hardly visible on the photo. The small pier was certainly not designed for boats but for divers. |
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