Peqin

41.04611111111119.75111111111148Koordinaten: 41 ° 3 ' N, 19 ° 45 ' E

Peqin ( Albanian: Peqini, rare forms are Pekin / i and Pegin / i; Turkish Peklin ) is a village in central Albania with 6353 inhabitants ( 2011 census ), with the local authorities specify 8903 inhabitants ( 2007). Peqin is the capital of the homonymous district.

Geography

The city is located in the Myzeqe - level on the northern shore Shkumbin between Durres and Elbasan on the main route between these places, the Pan-European Transport Corridor VIII Peqin has a railway station of the Albanian Railways HSH. A new bypass road, designated as SH7 leads south past the place. A highway of Rrogozhina to Macedonia and to Peqin is currently being planned.

History

Even the Roman road Via Egnatia led by Peqin. A few kilometers east of Peqin numerous ancient remains were found. It is believed that there was the ancient Clodiana, where the two branches of the Via Egnatia from Durres and Apollonia combined. The first written mention of Peqin dates from the year 1431st time still called Biklenet, this was a very small place. In the 16th century, the Ottomans built here an attachment to protect the coast and the trade routes. As a suburb of the castle Peqin developed rapidly. The Muslim population supported the garrisons in Peqin, Durres and Bashtova and was therefore exempt 1569/70 of taxes. Evliya Çelebi visited the city in 1670 and described it in detail with the castle, the palace - like houses 400, four mosques, together with several other madrasas, Tekken, and other houses of worship. A mosque, a medrese, a hamam, a Tekke, several wells and water supply and a stone bridge to have been built by the vizier loud Çelebi Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha. Peqin was the seat of a Kadi.

Until the 1960s, Peqin has hardly changed. After 1967 the place but was greatly modernized and many mosques were destroyed. Obtained from the Ottoman period still parts of the Great Mosque and the associated clock tower end of the 19th century in the central square and the fortress are a bit south of it. The five -meter-high walls date from the 18th century, were once but higher. They include having a length of 53 to 58 meters a day almost empty, almost square interior. The fort had two opposite gates, at three corners still are round towers, a fourth was demolished. In the fortress there was a small mosque.

Sports

The local football club KS KS Shkumbini 2012 had relegated to the second league Kategoria e Pare.

Personalities

  • Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha (1616-1686), Ottoman Agha
  • Hekuran Jesse (1933-2008), politician
Districts of Albania Vehicle registration plates of Albania Municipalities of Albania Rrogozhinë Apollonia (Illyria) Bashtovë Castle Abdurrahman Abdi Arnavut Qadi Shkumbini Peqin Agha (Ottoman Empire)
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