Sopot, Albania

For other uses, see Sopot (disambiguation).

Sopot is a small region in north-east Albania. It is also a village (Prrenjas municipality) and mountain with the same name.

The area is rich in natural attraction, with a huge turistic potential for the future. Between them: the Gostima Waterfall, carstic caves, woods, a rich flora and fauna, and local characteristic etnoculture.[1]
Sopot raises up from 800 to 1970 meters above sea level, where the highest point is Gaferr's Peak, 1972 meters.[1]

According to a folkloric legend, during the Ottoman invasion of this mountainous part of Albania, women with their children flew from the castle's wall so as not to surrender to the Ottomans.
Following five hundred years of Ottoman occupation and islamisation, the population of Sopot now carries two names, one Moslem and one Christian, called cryptochristianism.
The area's population has decreased lately due to immigration.[1]

Sopot, or the definite form (Albanian: Sopoti), also refers to the football team of the city of Librazhd, where the Sopot mountain and county are located.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sopoti, magjia e turizmit (in Albanian)
  2. ↑ F.C. Sopoti


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