GlavinicaorGlavenicawas a medieval town that was located in present-day southernAlbania.It is mentioned in the "Short Life" ofClement of Ohridas one of the three places of rest provided by the Bulgarian princeBoris I(r. 852–889) to Clement. It is known that the town foll within the historical district ofKutmichevitsa,but its exact location is unknown. Some modern scholars believe that the city was located on the site of the modern town ofBallsh,where in 1918 the Austrian army discovered acolumn with an inscriptiontestifying to the baptism of the Bulgarians during the reign of Prince Boris.[1]In the "Short Life" it is mentioned that he left such monuments around Glavinica, which in the beginning of the 13th century could still be seen around Balshi.[2]According to other assumptions, the city was located near the city ofVlora.[3]Glavenitsa was the center of one of the main dioceses of theOhrid Archbishopric,including the fortress ofKanina.
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edit- ^Florin Curta, Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250; Cambridge University Press, 2006,ISBN0521815398,p. 176.
- ^Lorenc Bejko, Sarah P. Morris, John K. Papadopoulos, Lynne A. Schepartz, The Excavation of the Prehistoric Burial Tumulus at Lofkend, Albania; ISD LLC, 2015,ISBN1938770528,98.
- ^Dimitri Obolensky, Six Byzantine Portraits. Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints Series, Clarendon Press, 1988;ISBN0198219512,p. 29.