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St. Nicholas Church, Perondi

historic site in Berat County, Albania

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7590802 ↗
Source-derived summary

St. Nicholas Church (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Kollit) is a church in Perondi, Berat County, Albania. It became a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1963.

History and description

Around 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Berat, St. Nicholas's Church is one of the oldest Byzantine monuments in Albania. Built in the 11th century, the basilica has three naves, a wooden roof, and a vaulted altar. The narthex and belfry date to later, and in 1786 the roof was rebuilt and arches added. Specialists from the Institute of Monuments conducted renovations in 1930 and 1970, but the antiquity of the church is still evident.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “St. Nicholas Church, Perondi” is historic site in Berat County, Albania. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Nicholas, Church and Perondi, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963, 1786, 1930, 1970—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Nicholas, Church and Perondi is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “historic site in Berat County, Albania” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7590802. Authority coordinates are 40.788, 19.913. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 1786, 1930 and 1970.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “St. Nicholas Church, Perondi”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow St. Nicholas Church, Perondi primary sources, St. Nicholas Church, Perondi archive and Nicholas research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “St. Nicholas Church, Perondi”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “St. Nicholas Church, Perondi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.