Qestorat
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Zographeion college facilities in Qestorat (1881)
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| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Gjirokastër |
| Administrative Unit | Lunxhëri |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Qestorat is a community of the former Lunxhëri municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Gjirokastër.[1]
From 1874 to 1891 the village was home to the Zographeion College, educational facilities that included primary and secondary male, female schools and a teacher's academy and operated with the personal costs of the local benefactor Christakis Zografos.[2] Today this institution houses the museum of Lunxhëri.[3]
Notable people
- Koto Hoxhi, Albanian Rilindas and teacher of Pandeli Sotiri and Petro Nini Luarasi
- Georgios Christakis-Zografos, president of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus
- Christakis Zografos, banker and benefactor
References
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Subdivisions of Gjirokastër Municipality
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Municipal Seat: Gjirokastër
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| Administrative Unit of Cepo |
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| Administrative Unit of Lazarat |
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| Administrative Unit of Lunxhëri |
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| Administrative Unit of Odrie |
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| Administrative Unit of Picar | ||
- ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
- ↑ Sakellariou M. V.. Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization Ekdotikē Athēnōn, 1997. ISBN 978-960-213-371-2, p. 308
- ↑ Gilles de Rapper. Better than Muslims, not as Good as Greeks: Emigration as experienced and imagined by the Albanian Christians of Lunxhëri The New Albanian Migration. Brighton-Portland, Sussex Academic Press (2005), p. 15
