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Flèche or Fleche may refer to: Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire; Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition;
The Article 14 of the Albanian Constitution states that "The official language in the Republic of Albania is Albanian." [2] According to the 2011 population census, 2,765,610, 98.767% of the population declared Albanian as their mother tongue ("mother tongue is defined as the first or main language spoken at home during childhood").
Tirana [b] (/ t ɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə / ⓘ tih-RAH-nə, [11] [12] Albanian pronunciation:; Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.
The earliest known mention of Albanian writings comes from a French Catholic church document from 1332. [10] [11] Written either by archbishop Guillaume Adam or the monk Brocardus Monacus the report notes that Licet Albanenses aliam omnino linguam a latina habeant et diversam, tamen litteram latinam habent in usu et in omnibus suis libris ("Though the Albanians have a language entirely their ...
Selitë is a neighborhood of Tirana in the former municipality of Farkë in Tirana County, Albania. [1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.
The Albanian Wikipedia (Albanian: Wikipedia Shqip) is the Albanian language edition of Wikipedia started on 12 October 2003. As of 17 February 2025, the Wikipedia has 101,694 articles and is the 73rd-largest Wikipedia.
1418 - First mention of Tirana in Venetian documents. 1572 - Tirana mentioned as "Borgo di Tirana" - Tirana-burgh.[1]17th C. Founded. [2]1614 - Sulejman Bargjini built a hammam, bakery, and mosque, transforming the settlement into a commercial center of the area.
Petro Zheji (18 October 1929 – 14 March 2015 [1]) was an Albanian linguist, translator, philosopher and author.He lived and worked intellectually in Tirana. [2] As a polyglot, he was deeply knowledgeable in the Italian, French, English, Spanish, German, Russian, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, and Latin languages. [1]