| Arapaj | |
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| Country | Albania |
| County | Durrës County |
| District | Durrës District |
| Municipality | Rrashbull |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
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Arapaj is a village in the municipality of Rrashbull, Durrës County, Albania. It is a southern suburb of Durrës, located near the Mediterranean coast, approximately 6 kilometres south of this city.[1][2]
Arapaj is a noted archaeological site, containing the substantial Basilica of Saint Michael dedicated to Saint Michael, an early Palaeo-Christian church which is believed to back to the fifth or sixth century.[3] [4]It has been declared a Cultural Monument of Albania because of its architectural significance.[5]A mosaic unearthed in the Basilica also demonstrates how engrained its culture was later on with the early Byzantine Empire.[6]