Gjadër
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| Gjadër | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Gjadër | |
| Coordinates: 41°52′48″N 19°35′29″E / 41.88000°N 19.59139°ECoordinates: 41°52′48″N 19°35′29″E / 41.88000°N 19.59139°E | |
| Country |
 Albania |
| County | Lezhë County |
| District | Lezhë District |
| Municipality | Dajç, Lezhë |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Car Plates | LE |
Gjadër is a settlement in the Lezhë District, northwestern Albania.[1] It is known for the former military air base famous during the Cold War.[2]
History
According to Report of a Visit to Parts of Turkey, Bar, Albania and Serbia written by Marin Bici, Archbishop of Antivari at that time Gjadër was a village of about eighty houses, the vast majority of which was inhabited by Roman Catholics, while two or three houses were inhabited by Muslims.[3] According to the 1890 register of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë Gjadër at that time had a population of 438 people consisting of 388 Catholics and fifty Muslims.[4]
Notable people
- Gjon Gazulli, ambassador of Skanderbeg
References
- ↑ Geonames. "Location of Gjader". Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ Vickers, Miranda; Pettifer, James (March 2000). Albania: from anarchy to a Balkan identity. NYU Press. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-0-8147-8805-9.
- ↑ "Report of a Visit to Parts of Turkey, Bar, Albania and Serbia". Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ Deusch, Engelbert (2009-05-20). Das Kultusprotektorat Österreich (-Ungarns) im albanischen Siedlungsgebiet in seinem kulturellen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Umfeld. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 94. ISBN 978-3-205-78150-9. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
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