Ku ndodhet Albanopolis

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Qyteti antik Albanopoli
(Zgerdheshi i sotem)

Mbetjet e qytetit antik Albanopoli gjenden ndermjet qytetit te Fush- Krujes dhe atij te Krujes, vetem 10 km larg Aeroportit nacional „Nene Tereza“. Megjithese ende i pazbuluar dhe studjuar mire, tani atje duken qarte muret rrethues dhe disa objekte te tjere karakteristik. Te dhenat e para te shkruara per kete qytet gjenden ne vepren e Ptolemeut „Gjeografia“, ne shekullin e dyte te eres tone. Mendohet qe qyeteti ka qene kryeqendra e fisit ilir te Albaneve, nga te cilet rrjedh edhe emri i sotem i shqiptareve. Sipas studimeve te dijetarit te shquar shqiptar Prof. Selim Islami, qyteti ka lulezuar nga mesi i shekullit te IV deri ne shekullin e I para eres se re. Ai u ndertua fillimisht mbi bazen e nje vendbanimi te fortifikuar te fiseve ilire te ketyre trevave gjate periudhes protourbane.
Studime e germime te pjeseshme qe njihen, jane bere ne kete qytet qe ne mesin e shekullit te XIX nga shume dijetar te huaj nder te cilet austriaku Georg Hahn. Rilevimi i pare topografik i zones se qytetit eshte bere ne qershor te vitit 1919 nga arkeolloget austriake Praschniker e Schober. Vecanerisht ata bene rilevimin e sistemit te fortifikimit dhe studjuan muret karakteristik rrethues te ndertuar me blloqe guresh kuadratik shume te medhenj.
Eshte provuar qe ne kohen e lulezimit te tij, Albanopoli ishte nje nga qytetet me te rendesishme te Ilirise dhe qe kishte marrdhenie te fuqishme tregetare me qytete dhe treva te tjera. Gjate germimeve atje jane zbuluar gjetja te shumta nder te cilat shume monedha te prera ne Dyrrah, Apolloni, Lisus, Korkyre, Maqedoni etj.
Me kalimin e shekujve, per shkak edhe te luftrave e levizjeve te medha ne Ballkan e ne tere Europen, Albanopoli e humbi rendesine e tij si qytet por ka lene te incizuara gjurmet e nje qyteterimi te lashte qe deshmojne historin e lavdishme te shqiptareve. Te vizitosh Albanopolin do te kesh mundesi te lexosh pak nga historia e Shqiperise. Te germosh e te studjosh Albanopolin, me siguri do te gjendesh perpara gjurmeve te nje qyteterimi te lashte te Mesdheut.

Shoqata „Albanopoli“. Tel. 00355 52 225272,
Mobile: 00355 692488043, e.mail: haxhitaga@gmail.com
U.P.R. "Tauleda“

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Albanopoli-Zgerdheshi

About 30 minutes from Durrës is a partially excavated site that is referred to as ‘Albanopoli’. It is thought to be the site of the ancient capital city of Illyria. The following description is provided by Haxhi, who is leading the project to turn this site into a tourist attraction. The site is the focus of a project we are helping and the following is background information provided by the project director.

One hundred and forty years have passed since the famous Austrian scientist George Han, visited the ancient walls of the Illyrian castle in Zgerdhesh village near Kruja city, and formed the opinion that this place, called the Hill of Kakariqi, should be excavated to find the ancient “Albanopoli” ruins. The interest in this Illyrian city is linked to the national name of Albanians. Albanians have a historical witness to their capital Albanopoli, the ancient geographer and cartographer of the second century of Christ, Claud Ptoleme. He based his writings on the gathered knowledge by erudition science of that period which was dedicated to an important place to the Illyrian world and their localities. In his work, “Geography”, Albanopoli, the capital of Albanians, was placed in the latitude of 41°5” and in the longitude of 46°, between Mat and Shkumbin rivers (Ptoleme, III, 12, 20).

This important Illyrian centre was visited during the First World War by another Austrian scientist, K. Prashniker. Even though this archeologist did a short description and a plan-project, this investigator, well known in other cases for his detailed observations, produced in this case an investigation which has been a source of confusion (C. Praschniker – A – Schober – A. For. In Albanein und Montenegro, Wien 1919, pg. 28-30).

The speculation about Albanopoli has been supported by other scientist, like Tomachek (1893) Jiricek (1912), and P. Sesteri (1942), an Italian archaeologist, but his notes have not contributed anything new, compared to the two previously mentioned Austrian authors.

In this important Illyrian centre during the summer of 1969 and during 1973 was developed through expeditions organized by the Institute of Culture and Monuments and guided by archaeologists, restorers and famous historians like Selim Islami, Gjirak Karaiskay, etc. They did not reach any convincing arguments in favor of the opinion that Albanopoli is located in Zgerdhesh. They did however reach the conclusion that the hypothesis of G. Han, in which Ptoleme puts Albanopoli as a tagged city, remains always a valuable hypothesis and useful for research in the future. This statement: “We do not know any other ancient centre bigger than Zgerdhesh” – has made this hypothesis resistant.

We should not forget that the Zgerdhesh ruins have already been certified as ruins of an important Illyrian big city, which was built and flourished near another big city like Dyrrah, and for this fact it is worthy to be pursued by native and foreign scientists.

Haxhi Taga
Head of “Albanopoli” Association

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Zgerdheshi mendohet te jete Albanopoli i dikurshem, por nuk eshte variant i pakundershtueshem.
Nese eshte e vertete qe ai (Zgerdheshi) ka qene nje kryeqender Ilire, atehere edhe kerkimet e gjetjet duhet te ishin shume me te avancuara.

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shume hijerenda muret e Zgerdheqit ,por shkenca shqiptare nuk u morre kurre me historin e saj te lashte paragrekolatine----sic duket nuk u marrkan doktorrata e dekorata duke mesuar historin tende te lashte-por merren duke mbeshtetur perrallat me grekolatine

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me ka bere githmon pershtypje mali ne rreze te lumit prane Ndroqit---ky male ka nje forem te cuditshme edhe kushte natyrale per ndertimin e nje qyteti te lashte-sipas tipave te Visokos-

Lavdia e Albanopolit =turpi i arkeologjis shqiptare-fle ende nen dhe---ku????

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Zgerdheshi mendohet te jete Albanopoli i dikurshem, por nuk eshte variant i pakundershtueshem.
Nese eshte e vertete qe ai (Zgerdheshi) ka qene nje kryeqender Ilire, atehere edhe kerkimet e gjetjet duhet te ishin shume me te avancuara.

dialekti gege gjendet edhe ne mbishkrimet eteokretane etje ,keshtu ideja me nje qytet te fuqishem ilire ne lashtesi ,eshte ide qe mbeshtet ne baza mbishkrimore


mjafton tju kujtojm se dietaret latine adoptuan cdo arritje etruske edhe ja veshen latineve-keshtu behej shkenca ateher,,,,,edhe sote me famkeqen akademi te tiranes e cila ja vesh grekolatinve c do arritje ne truallin tone--ndersa theniet e Bizantinit edhe Apollodorit per ndertesa paragrekolatine ,jane lene ne harres nga famekeqia e tiranes=qeftorja popullore

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Sipas disa udhepershkruesve te shek. XVIII ata thojne se Albanopolis shtrihej dikur ne anen e majte te Drinit, nja 15, apo 16 lieux( perafersishte kilometra) ne lindje.
Mirepo ky aotor thote se ky qytete me nuk egziston fare sepse ai eshte demontuar krejtesishte deri ne themele...

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Pra sipas te dhenave te ketij autorit ku edhe postova e nese i referohemi ktyre te dhenave, Albanopolis duhet kerkuar themelt e tij nja 60 KM ne lindje nga ana e majte e lumit Drini, perafersishte ne kete sektor.