Vrap

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File:Avaric - Drinking Bowl - Walters 57565 - Profile.jpg drinking bowl found in Vrap, now in Walters Art Museum.]]

Vrap (it means 'running' in Albanian) is a village in the former municipality of Baldushk in Tirana County, Albania.{{cite web|url=http://www.aac-al.org/qarku_komuna.php?idq=11&l=a&idr=19|title=Qarku Tirane|publisher=Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë|access-date=9 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903022957/http://www.aac-al.org/qarku_komuna.php?idq=11&l=a&idr=19|archive-date=3 September 2011|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}} At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6375|access-date=25 February 2022 }}

File:Silver Bucket MET h1 17.190.1674-1712.jpg, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

Vrapi is a village with a very old history. A long time ago there was a city called Akac. This city had 7 churches the ruins of which are still visible today. One of the most important was the "Saint George" church (kisha e Shen Gjergjit) that was the biggest and was used for its strategic position for the observation of the coastal area. The village lies in a wonderful geographical position. In this village in the old times there was a branch of the Egnatia road that connected the city of Durrës with that of Elbasan, whose traces are still recognisable today.

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Category:Populated places in Tirana

Category:Villages in Tirana County

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