Lezhë

E509729

Lezhë is a historic town in northwestern Albania, known as the site of the League of Lezhë and for its cultural and archaeological heritage.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Lezhë canonical 13
Lezhë Municipality 2
Ishull-Lezhë 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
capitalOf Lezhë County ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 41.783 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 19.650 ⓘ
country Albania ⓘ
countryCallingCode +355 ⓘ
distanceTo about 60 km north of Tirana ⓘ
ethnicGroup Albanians ⓘ
foundedBy Illyrians ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite ancient city walls of Lissus ⓘ
hasBuilding Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Skanderbeg memorial) ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution local museum of history ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEvent League of Lezhë (1444) ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Lezhë Castle ⓘ
Ruins of ancient Lissus ⓘ
Tomb of Skanderbeg ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Kune-Vain-Tale Lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Kune lagoon
hasPopulationCharacteristic small city ⓘ
hasSportsClub KS Besëlidhja Lezhë ⓘ
hasTransportConnection SH1 highway ⓘ
historicalName Alessio ⓘ
Lissus ⓘ
historicalRegion Zadrima ⓘ
knownFor League of Lezhë ⓘ
archaeological heritage ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Albania ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Lezhë County ⓘ
locatedInFormerEntity Kingdom of Albania (medieval) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Albania

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Albania ⓘ
Venetian Albania ⓘ
locatedNear Adriatic Sea ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Drin River ⓘ
officialLanguage Albanian ⓘ
linked to: Albanian language
partOf Lezhë Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Lezhë

Northern Albania ⓘ
religion Catholicism (significant minority) ⓘ
Islam (majority) ⓘ
roadDistanceTo Shkodër ⓘ
linked to: city of Shkodër

Tirana ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shëngjin → locatedNear → Lezhë ⓘ
Drin River → hasMouthNear → Lezhë, Albania ⓘ
linked to: Lezhë
Skanderbeg → placeOfDeath → Lezhë ⓘ
Kingdom of Illyria → capital → Scodra ⓘ
linked to: Lezhë
Municipality of Lezhë → hasHistoricCenter → city of Lezhë ⓘ
linked to: Lezhë
River Drin delta → near → Lezhë ⓘ
Northern Albania → contains → Lezhë ⓘ
Lezhë County → capital → Lezhë ⓘ
Lezhë County → containsSettlement → Ishull-Lezhë ⓘ
linked to: Lezhë
Lezhë County → containsMunicipality → Lezhë Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Lezhë
Lezhë → partOf → Lezhë Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Lezhë
Shëngjin → locatedNear → Lezhë ⓘ
subject linked to: Shëngjin, Albania