Kolkondas

Kolkondas
Community
Kolkondas
Coordinates: 40°48′28″N 19°32′25″E / 40.80778°N 19.54028°E / 40.80778; 19.54028Coordinates: 40°48′28″N 19°32′25″E / 40.80778°N 19.54028°E / 40.80778; 19.54028
Country	Albania
County	Fier County
District	Fier District
Time zone	Central European Time (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Car Plates	FR

Kolkondas is a community in the Fier District, Fier County, southern Albania.^[1]

It was in Kolkondas that in 1779 the notable Greek monk and preacher (later canonised) Cosmas of Aetolia was arrested and executed by the then Ottoman authorities. In the place of execution the St. Cosmas' monastery was built.

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