Maps of Power

Korça

Gorica

Begin between 01.01.1494 and 31.12.1494

Properties

ID 123094
System Class Place
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Place Lower Town
Administrative unit Qark Korça , Albania

Description

The town of Korça was founded in 1494 by Ilyas Bey, an Ottoman courtier of Albanien origin, on the place of the villages of Piskopiye and Emporion.