Palasë
| Palasë | |
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 Palasë
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| Coordinates: 40°9′54″N 19°37′29″E / 40.16500°N 19.62472°ECoordinates: 40°9′54″N 19°37′29″E / 40.16500°N 19.62472°E | |
| Country |
 Albania
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| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Himarë |
| Administrative Unit | Himarë |
| Population | |
| • Total | 413 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Palasë (also Paljasa, from Greek: Παλάσα, Palasa) is a village close to the Llogara National Park in the Albanian Riviera. It is located in the municipality of Himarë (13 kilometres from the town), in the Vlorë County, Albania. The inhabitants of Palasë speak mainly a variant of the Himariote Greek dialect, and partly the Tosk Albanian dialect.
In classical antiquity there was a settlement of the Chaones, one of the three major ancient Greek tribes of Epirus, named Palaesti (Greek: Παλαίστη). On January 4, 48 BCE during his pursuit of Pompey, Julius Caesar landed in Palaeste (modern Palase).
In 1720, the villages of Himara, Palasa, Ilias, Vuno, Pilur and Qeparo refused to submit to the Pasha of Delvina.
Until the 1750s Himarë was composed of more than 50 villages, but by the end of the 1780s it comprised only 16, situated by the seashore from Saranda to Palasë. Later on, with Ali Pasha's defeat, the region of Himara shrunk to only seven villages. In September 1916, the provinces of Himarë and Tepelenë became part of the Vlorë prefecture and were placed under the control of the Italian armed forces. The city of Himarë became the official capital of the region and was responsible for the administration of the traditionally Orthodox coastal villages of Palasë, Dhërmi, Kudhës, Qeparo, Vuno and Iljas. However each village retained its own identity, despite falling under the municipality of Himarë.
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