Zvërnec

Zvërnec
Village
Zvërnec
Coordinates: 40°30′55″N 19°25′01″E / 40.51528°N 19.41694°E / 40.51528; 19.41694Coordinates: 40°30′55″N 19°25′01″E / 40.51528°N 19.41694°E / 40.51528; 19.41694
Country  Albania
County Vlorë
Municipality(s) Vlorë
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Kep i Treporteve Lighthouse
Cape Treporti
Albania
Location Kep i Treporteve
Albania
Coordinates 40°30′44.1″N 19°23′45.8″E / 40.512250°N 19.396056°E / 40.512250; 19.396056
Year first constructed n/a
Construction stone tower
Tower shape 2-stages tower, quadrangular tower surmounted by an octagonal tower with balcony and light
Markings / pattern unpainted tower
Height 10 metres (33 ft)
Focal height 70 metres (230 ft)
Range 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl (2) W 8s.[1]
Admiralty number E3727
NGA number 14344
ARLHS number ALB-007[2]

Zvërnec (Greek: Σβέρνιτσα Svernitsa)[3] is a community in Vlorë County. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vlorë.[4] It is situated northwest of the city of Vlorë.

Zvërnec, together with nearby Nartë, is a Greek-speaking pocket in the area north of Vlorë.[3][5][6] There are speakers of Aromanian also present in Zvërnec.[6]

The surrounding region is full of salt marshes. Narta Lagoon, which hosts a unique ecosystem, lies north of the village.[7]

Near the village lies the island that bears the same name, and the Byzantine St. Mary's Monastery dedicated to Virgin Mary.

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References

  1. 1 2 List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  2. ↑ "Albania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 M. B. Hatzopoulos. The Borders of Hellenism in Epirus during Antiquity. Epirus: Ekdotike Athenon, p. 145, 1997.
  4. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  5. ↑ Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1993). Collected Studies: Alexander and his successors in Macedonia. A.M. Hakkert. p. 407.
  6. 1 2 Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780198142539. "Svernicë, where the people speak Greek and Vlach"
  7. ↑ Council of Europe, Albania. Ministry of Health and Environment (1995). Protection of coastal areas of the Adriatic Sea: proceedings : colloquy organised within the framework of European Nature Conservation Year 1995 in co-operation with the Ministry of Health and Environment of Albania. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-2851-5.
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