Orosh

Orosh (or Albanian: Oroshi) is a small village in Mirditë within the county of Lezhë in the northwest of the Republic of Albania.[2] Geographically, it is located inside the mountainous region of northern Albania in the Valley of Fan.

Orosh
Municipal unit
Orosh is located in Albania
Orosh
Orosh
Coordinates: 41°51′N 20°4′E
Country Albania
CountyLezhë
MunicipalityMirditë
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
1,899[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The seat of the former municipality was the town of Reps. The former Orosh Abbey was located in the municipality. Terenzio Tocci gathered the Mirdita chieftains on April 26, 1911, in Orosh, proclaimed the independence of Albania, raised the flag of Albania and established the provisional government.[3][4][5]

  • Malet e Shenjtit close to Orosh
    Malet e Shenjtit close to Orosh
  • The new church of Orosh
    The new church of Orosh
  • The church of Orosh in 1903
    The church of Orosh in 1903

Notable peoples

References
  1. 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. Elsie, Robert (2004), Historical dictionary of Albania, Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, p. 444, ISBN 978-0-8108-4872-6, OCLC 52347600, Tocci Torenzio....On 26 April 1911 he gathered the chieftains of Mirdita near Orosh and proclaimed independence of Albania, hoisting the Albanian flag for the first time since the death of Skanderbeg
  4. Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 412, 440. ISBN 9781400847761.
  5. Gawrych, George (2006). The crescent and the eagle: Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874–1913. London: IB Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 9781845112875.


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