Mes, Albania

Village in Shkodër, Albania

42°6′18″N 19°34′11″E / 42.10500°N 19.56972°E / 42.10500; 19.56972Country

AlbaniaCountyShkodërMunicipalityShkodërMunicipal unitPostribëTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Mes (Albanian: [ˈmɛs]; Albanian definite form: Mesi) is a village in the former municipality of Postribë in Shkodër County, Albania.^[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Shkodër.^[2]

Mesi Bridge

The village is most famous for the Mesi Bridge over the river Kir, a designated Category I cultural monument of Albania. It is stone bridge constructed in 1768 by Mehmed Pasha Bushati during the Pashalik period in Ottoman Albania, and is the biggest of its kind in Albania still intact, measuring 108m in length.^[3]

References

^ "Qarku Shkoder >> Komuna Postribe". Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6374. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Ura e Mesit, Shkodër". iett.al. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

Subdivisions of Shkodër County

County Seat: Shkodër

Municipality of Fushë-Arrëz

Municipality of Malësi e Madhe

Gruemirë
Kastrat
Kelmend
Koplik
Qendër
Shkrel

Municipality of Pukë

Municipality of Shkodër

Municipality of Vau i Dejës

v t e Subdivisions of Shkodër Municipality
Municipal Seat: Shkodër
Administrative Unit of Ana e Malit	Babot Dramosh Muriqan Oblikë Oblikë e Sipërme Obot Shtuf Vallas Velinaj Vidhgar
Administrative Unit of Bërdicë	Beltojë Bërdicë e Madhe Bërdicë e Mesme Bërdicë e Sipërme Mali Hebaj Trush
Administrative Unit of Dajç	Belaj Dajç Darragjat Mali i Gjymtit Mushan Pentar Rrushkull Samrisht i Ri Samrisht i Sipërm Shirq Sukë Dajç
Administrative Unit of Guri i Zi	Gajtan Ganjollë Guri i Zi Juban Kuç Mazrek Rragam Rrencë Sheldi Shpor Vukatanë
Administrative Unit of Postribë	Boks Domen Dragoç Drisht Kullaj Mes Myselim Prekal Shakotë Ura e Shtrenjtë Vilëz
Administrative Unit of Pult	Bruçaj Gjuraj Kir Mgull Plan Pog Xhan
Administrative Unit of Rrethinat	Bardhaj Bleran Dobraç Golem Grudë e Re Guci e Re Hot i Ri Shtoj i Ri Shtoj i Vjetër Zues
Administrative Unit of Shalë	Abat Breg-Lumi Gimaj Lekaj Lotaj Ndërhysaj Nënmavriq Nicaj-Shale Pecaj Theth Vuksanaj
Administrative Unit of Shkodër	Shkodër
Administrative Unit of Shosh	Brashtë Ndrejaj Nikaj-Shosh Palaj Pepsumaj
Administrative Unit of Velipojë	Baks i Ri Baks-Rrjoll Ças Gomsiqe Luarzë Mali Kolaj Pulaj Reç i Ri Velipojë