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PETRELA (Village) ALBANIA
A village 13 km S of Tirana on the road to Elbasan (the ancient Scampa).
Halfway up the hill on which Petrela is situated are noteworthy remains of defensive
walls which comprise terracing operations on the S, E, and W sides; above each
section is a level area. On the best preserved, which is on the W side, rises
a building that is still extant to a height of 5 m and to a length of 20 m. The
walls form a double ring, of which the outer section is built of square blocks
which form a pseudo-isodomic structure strengthened by buttresses. In the vicinity,
fragments of Hellenistic pottery have been discovered.
P. C. Sestieri, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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