Place:Lezhë, Lezhë, Lezhë, Albania

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NameLezhë
Alt namesAlesiasource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 13
Alessiosource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Alessiumsource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 13
Leshsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Leshasource: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
Leshesource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 516
Leshisource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Leshësource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Lezhsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Lezhasource: Wikipedia
Lezhësource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lissossource: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 5171; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 520
Lissussource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
TypeCity
Coordinates41.79°N 19.65°E
Located inLezhë, Lezhë, Albania
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Lezhë is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality.

One of the main strongholds of the Labeatai, the earliest of the fortification walls of Lezhë are of typical Illyrian construction and are dated to the late 4th century BC. Lezhë was one of the main centres of the Illyrian kingdom. During the conflicts with Macedon, it was captured by Philip V becoming the Macedonian outlet to the Adriatic Sea. The city was later recovered by the Illyrians. It was subjected to Rome after the Roman-Illyrian wars and the fall of Gentius' realm. Lezhë was the site of the League of Lezhë where Skanderbeg united the Albanian lords in the fight against the Ottoman Empire.

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