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Bazilika e Shën Mëhillit

Rrethi i Durrësit, AL

Bazilika e Shën Mëhillit

The Arapaj Basilica or St. Michael Basilica (Albanian: Bazilika e Shën Mëhillit) is a former basilica dedicated to Saint Michael, located in Arapaj, Durrës. Its ruins have been declared a Cultural Monument of Albania. The St. Michael Basilica is an early Palaeo-Christian church which is believed to

date to the 5th or 6th century. A mosaic unearthed in the basilica also demonstrates how ingrained Christian culture later was with the early Byzantine Empire.

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