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Drawing of Borsh Castle in 1570 during capture by Venetian Ships.

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Coord Borsh Castle (Шаблон:Lang-sq) also known as Sopot Castle (Шаблон:Lang-sq) from the hill it is located, is a ruined castle near the village Borsh, Albania, near the coast of the Ionian Sea. Inside the castle is the 17th-century Hajji Bendo Mosque from Ottoman times.

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The fortress of Borsh besieged by the Venetian army and fllet in 1570. Drawn by Vincenzo Coronelli

History

The castle dates to Antiquity, and its fortifications follow the trace of an acropolis, with four subsequent phases of reconstruction, ranging from the early Byzantine period to the late Middle Ages.Шаблон:Sfn The name "Sopot" is of Slavic origin.Шаблон:Sfn In medieval Greek documents, the castle is named Sopoton or Sopotos, from which its name in other languages derives; its harbour is mentioned in Greek portolans with the name Gazopolis.Шаблон:Sfn


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Entrance to the Castle.
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View from the inside of the castle.

The site is first mentioned in the early 13th century, when archbishop Demetrios Chomatenos wrote of the "archonship of Sopotos" (Шаблон:Lang-gr, archontia Sopotou), part of the region of Vagenetia.Шаблон:Sfn In 1258, the Despot of Epirus Michael II Komnenos Doukas gave the castle along with Buthrotum and the island of Corfu as dowry for his daughter Helena to Manfred, King of Sicily.Шаблон:Sfn It came back under Epirote control soon thereafter, before being once again ceded by Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas to Charles I of Anjou in 1279.Шаблон:Sfn The area returned again to Epirote hands in the subsequent decades, but in the Epirote rebellion against Palaiologan Byzantine rule in 1338–39, it remained loyal to Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos.Шаблон:Sfn


Following the Ottoman conquest, a cadaster from 1431 lists Sopot with 60 households, and as capital of a nahiye.Шаблон:Sfn In 1456, troops of King Alfonso V of Aragon were operating in the area of Sobato against the Ottomans.Шаблон:Sfn In 1470 it was under Venetian control, under the jurisdiction of the governor of Corfu; at the end of the Ottoman–Venetian War of 1463–1479, the Ottomans laid claim to it and apparently received it. In 1481 Albanians led by Gjon Kastrioti II invaded Southern Albania from Italy and captured the castle,[1] but retreated in 1484. In 1488 the local Albanian population rebelled against Ottoman rule.Шаблон:Sfn

The walls of the castle, which follow the ancient fortifications, survive. In the interior, the medieval fortress was divided through a wall in two. Triangular towers were added later, probably during the middle Byzantine period.Шаблон:Sfn In the interior of the castle stand ruins of various buildings and cisterns.Шаблон:Sfn


See also

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Шаблон:Castles in Albania