Begin between 01.01.0491 and 31.12.0518
End 18.10.1081
End 18.10.1081
Properties
ID | 123132 |
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System Class | Place |
Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška |
Dedication | Saint Archangel Michael |
Place | Not Preserved Church |
Administrative unit | Qark Durres , Albania |
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Description
The Basilica of Shën Mëhill was one of the oldest Christian churches in modern Albania. The Basilica was probably built during the reign of Emperor Anastasios I (491-518). Unfortunately only the foundation walls are preserved. The chapell of the basilica was used as burial site for a man and a women and served as a place of pilgrimage from the 5th to the 12thz century. Anna Komnena writes that Robert Guiscard destroyed Arapaj and the basilica on the 18th of October 1081.