Géographie de l'Albanievignette|Le lac Shkopeti, sur la rivière Mat, en Albanie. Aout 2017. LAlbanie est un petit État situé entre les Balkans et la mer Méditerranée. Son climat est de type méditerranéen sur la frange littorale, continental ailleurs. Tirana en est la capitale, la cité atteignant presque le million d’habitants ; les autres villes importantes du pays sont : Durrës (environ habitants), Elbasan et Shkodra chacune avec environ habitants, Vlora (), Korçë () et Berat (). left|thumb|Géologie de l'Albanie et des Balkans.
Royaume albanais (1939-1943)Le Royaume albanais (en albanais Mbretëria Shqiptare, en italien : Regno albanese) a été le gouvernement de l'Albanie après son annexion par l'Italie fasciste en avril 1939. Le pays a subi durant le conflit de nombreux bouleversements politiques et territoriaux. Après le retrait italien en 1943, l'Albanie a été occupée par l'Allemagne nazie et a connu une période de guerre civile s'achevant par la prise de contrôle par les communistes.
DropullDropull (Dropulli; Δρόπολη or Δερόπολη Dropoli or Deropoli) is a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. The region stretches from south of the city of Gjirokastër to the Greek–Albanian border, along the Drino river. The region's villages are part of the Greek "minority zone" recognized by the Albanian government, in which majorities of ethnic Greeks live. The municipality Dropull was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Dropull i Poshtëm, Dropull i Sipërm and Pogon.
PalasëPalasë (Palasë or Palasa; Παλάσα, Palasa) also Paljasa (Παλιάσα), is a village in Himarë municipality (13 kilometres from the town), Vlorë County, southern Albania. It is located near the Llogara National Park and next to the Ionian coast on the Albanian Riviera. In classical antiquity Roman writer Lucan recorded a town named Palaeste on the Ceraunian Mountains, which corresponds to the site area of modern day Palasë. In Palaeste, Julius Caesar landed from Brundusium, in order to carry on the war against Pompey.
IoánninaIoánnina (parfois en français : Jannina ou Janina ; en Ιωάννινα, souvent orthographiée ou encore ; Yanya ; Janinë / Janina ; Янина) est la ville la plus importante d'Épire, au nord-ouest de la Grèce. C'est le chef-lieu du district régional d'Ioánnina, ainsi que la capitale de la périphérie d'Épire, mais aussi celle du diocèse décentralisé d'Épire-Macédoine occidentale. La population de la municipalité de Ioánnina est de selon le recensement de 2011 ( de Grèce).
Muzaka familyThe Muzaka were an Albanian noble family that ruled over the region of Myzeqe (southern Albania) in the Late Middle Ages. The Muzaka are also referred to by some authors as a tribe or a clan. The earliest historical document that mentions Muzaka family (around 1090) is written by the Byzantine historian Anna Komnene. At the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century members of the Muzaka family controlled a region between the rivers of Devoll and Vjosë.
BorshBorsh (ˈbɔɾʃ; Borshi, ˈbɔɾʃi) is a maritime village, in the Albanian Riviera, in the former Lukovë municipality, Vlorë County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality Himarë. The village is inhabited by Albanians, many of whom have traditionally been Bektashi. In Borsh, the Lab dialect of Albanian is spoken. Borsh borders with Fterra, Qeparo, Piqeras, Kuç, Çorraj, Kalasa, Zhulat, Tatzat, and has a population of 2500 registered inhabitants.
PalaestePalaeste or Palaiste was a town in the Ceraunian Mountains, on the Chaonian coast, between the southern Adriatic and the Ionian Sea. The town was placed south of the Akrokeraunian Promontory, the natural boundary that separated Epirus from Illyria in classical antiquity. It was located near modern day Palasë in Albania. The name Palaiste is considered to be Illyrian. It is linked to the root morpheme *pal- (shallow water) and the typical Illyrian suffix -este.
