Church of Saint Mary, Labova e Kryqit

Gjirokastër County · Albania

Church of Saint Mary, Labova e Kryqit, Albania
Photo: Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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In a highland village of southern Albania, this Byzantine church is among the oldest in the country, its brickwork dating in part to the early medieval period. Local tradition ties it to a relic of the True Cross.

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