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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 18. Chapters: Antigone, Ballaban, Buz, Albania, Carshove, Cepo, Dames, Gjirokaster, Dervican, Dhuvjan, Dishnice, Dropull i Poshtem, Dropull i Siperm, Erind, Frasher, Frashtan, Fushebardhe, Gline, Goranxi, Hormove, Kakavije, Kardhiq, Kelcyre, Kolonje, Gjirokaster, Krahes, Kurvelesh municipality, Labove e Madhe, Lazarat, Lekel, Libohove, Lopes, Luftinje, Lunxheri, Memaliaj, Memaliaj Fshat, Mezhgoran, Nivan, Odrie, Permet, Petran, Picar, Pogon, Albania, Progonat, Prongji, Qender, Tepelene, Qender Libohove, Qender Piskove, Qesarat, Qestorat, Salari, Saraqinisht, Selcke, Sheper, Skore, Suke, Zagori, Albania, Zhulat. Excerpt: Tepelene (Definite Albanian form: Tepelena) is the principal settlement in the eponymous Tepelene District of southern Albania. It is located on the left bank of the Vjose river, about three kilometres downstream from its union with the Drino. Its location is strategically important and there is a ruined citadel occupying a point 300 metres above the river. Ali Pasha was born at the nearby village of Becisht. In 1847, the British writer Edward Lear visited the town and noted the devastated buildings. At the nearby Aoos Narrows ("Aoi Stena"), a Macedonian army barred the way to Epirus and, in 196 BC, a decisive battle, the Battle of the Aous took place between a Roman army commanded by Consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus and the Macedonians commanded by Philip V. After an attempt of a truce and an inconclusive battle, the Roman army was led by a shepherd to a point where the Macedonians could be attacked and the Romans won the battle. The Byzantines built a defensive tower which was successively developed during the Ottoman Empire epoch in the 15th century and by Ali Pasha in the early 19th century. The Young Turk revolutionaries met in Tepelene in February 1909, in an attempt to persuade Albanian nationalists to join them. In 1920, an earthquake destroyed the town which was completely rebuilt afterwards: local tradition says that if Tepelene exceeds 100 buildings then it will be destroyed. In the same year, 400 Italian soldiers surrendered to the Albanians, during the Battle of Vlora. On 7 April 1939 Italian forces landed in Albania and took control of the country and Tepelene. After the failed Italian offensive on Greece in October 1940. In this time, the Albanian troops deserted the front of the order of their commander, Colonel Prenk Pervizi. Colonel protested and told the Italian command that the Albanians were not cannon fodder. Colonel Pervizi with other officers and Albanian troops were transferred and isolated in the mountains of northern Albania. Italians suf
