Selcë e Poshtme
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| Selcë e Poshtme | |
|---|---|
| Settlement | |
  Selcë e Poshtme | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′0″N 20°31′0″E / 40.98333°N 20.51667°ECoordinates: 40°59′0″N 20°31′0″E / 40.98333°N 20.51667°E | |
| Country |
 Albania |
| County | Korçë County |
| District | Pogradec District |
| Municipality | Proptisht |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 502 |
| Time zone | Central European Time (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Selcë e Poshtme ("lower Selcë") is a village located in the Mokra area, Pogradec District, Korçë County, Albania. Near the village, on the right bank of Shkumbin river at an elevation of 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) above sea level, 5 Royal Tombs of Selca e Poshtme are found. In 1996, Albania included the Illyrian royal tombs of Lower Selcë in the UNESCO World heritage list of proposals.[1]
History
Lower Selcë is a suggested location of a town[2] called Pellion of the Ancient Greek[3] tribe of the Dexaroi that was later a Macedonian border fortress.[4] Pellion is considered to be located in Gorice.[5] In the area of modern Pogradec, Illyrians had started copying[6] the styles of the Macedonians. The area was the border between Chaonia and Illyria.
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References
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/909/
- ↑ The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, 1996, page 136, "Selce e Poshtme a candidate for the location of Pelion"
- ↑ The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), 1994, ISBN 0-521-23348-8, page 423, "These Dassareti not to be confused with the Greek speaking Dexari or Dessaretae lay between the Dardani and the coastal people of the Ardiaei,"
- ↑ The campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, Aubrey De Sélincourt, ISBN 0-14-044253-7, 1971, page 50, "Pelium was a Macedonian border fortress"
- ↑ Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world by Richard J. A. Talbert, 2000, ISBN 0-691-04945-9, page 755
- ↑ The Cambridge ancient history,Tome 6 by John Boardman, ISBN 0-521-85073-8, 1994, page 440
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