Iksi (2025) - Pärnu County, offspring of Kergu and Kerli

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previous data 28.10 viewtopic.php?p=52731#p52731 - new data 30.10 viewtopic.php?p=52766#p52766

Oktober 29
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Previous data
- 28.10, Distance: 3334 km (+ 19 km)
- Albania: Mursi - a village in the municipality Konispol (former Xarrë)

NEW data:
- 29.10, Distance: 3341 km (+ 7 km)
- Albania: Mursi - a village in the municipality Konispol (former Xarrë)

- Iksi arrived in southern Albania on 20.10

MURSI-VRINA PLAIN was created by the activity of Pavllo River and tectonic movements. After drainage works, Pavllo goes now directly towards the Ionian Sea through a channel bordering north of Stillo peninsula. The plain has a very low altitude in its eastern side. The western sector is at the sea level. ... The out-fall of Pavllo is dominated by Mullets M. cephalus and L. ramada as well as other species such as Eel, Sea Bass etc. Leuciscus cephalus albus, Chondostroma nasus nasus and Barbus graecus. The two latter species are found in the upper stream and they are considered as bioindicators ...
(source: https://www.academia.edu/28471210/Butri ... =swp_share)

PAVLLË RIVER (Albanian Pavlla) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavll%C3%AB (PHOTO)

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it seems there are fruit orchards (tangerines)



view to the northern (NW) area: to the right is Xarrë, in the distance Shëndëlli and Vrinë; the Pavllë River flows under the hills


- uploaded on 30.11.2024, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=992670846231354&set=pb.100064653433507.-2207520000&type=3

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previous data 29.10 viewtopic.php?p=52750#p52750 - new data 31.10 viewtopic.php?p=52780#p52780

Oktober 30
Hello everyone

Previous data
- 29.10, Distance: 3341 km (+ 7 km)
- Albania: Mursi - a village in the municipality Konispol (former Xarrë)

NO NEW data for Iksi

- Iksi arrived in southern Albania on 20.10

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previous data 30.10 viewtopic.php?p=52766#p52766 NO NEW DATA - new data 01.11 viewtopic.php?p=52805#p52805

Oktober 31 (birdmap update: morning 01.11)
Hello everyone

Previous data viewtopic.php?p=52750#p52750
- 29.10, Distance: 3341 km (+ 7 km)
- Albania: Mursi - a village in the municipality Konispol (former Xarrë)

NEW data
- 31.10, Distance: 3363 km (+ 22 km in 2 days)
- Albania: Mursi - a village in the municipality Konispol (former Xarrë)

- Iksi arrived in southern Albania on 20.10
- Iksi explored the southern part of the Pavllas River Valley / Vrina Plain

MURSI-VRINA PLAIN was created by the activity of Pavllo River and tectonic movements. After drainage works, Pavllo goes now directly towards the Ionian Sea through a channel bordering north of Stillo peninsula. The plain has a very low altitude in its eastern side. The western sector is at the sea level. ... The out-fall of Pavllo is dominated by Mullets M. cephalus and L. ramada as well as other species such as Eel, Sea Bass etc. Leuciscus cephalus albus, Chondostroma nasus nasus and Barbus graecus. The two latter species are found in the upper stream and they are considered as bioindicators ...
(source: https://www.academia.edu/28471210/Butri ... =swp_share)

PAVLLË RIVER (Albanian Pavlla) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavll%C3%AB (PHOTO)

continuation:

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STREET VIEW https://maps.app.goo.gl/2S3N4dbuLQ69TM4u7 - 05/2016 (view from south)

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=74 ... 7012524741

Remains of the Church in Ciflik, Konispol Municipality (more info and photos: viewtopic.php?p=52794#p52794)

PHOTO https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=109 ... 4355701002:



The second valley site was the Late Byzantine church of Çiflik. Architecturally typical of the Epirote Despotate, its 13th century construction belongs to a rich period of ecclesiastical revival in the area. Whilst the standing remains have now been incorporated into a sheep and goat farm, the aerial view clearly shows a church with a distinctive plan comprising a nave with flanking aisles and a small narthex. The aisles were separated off with a combination of masonry piers and re-used Roman columns. The east end of the church has two apses: a three-sided polygonal apse, semi-circular on its interior onto the nave, and a smaller semi-circular apse on the northern aisle.
(scroll down: https://the-past.com/feature/butrint-fr ... nean-city/)

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previous data 31.10 viewtopic.php?p=52780#p52780 - new data 02.11

November 01
Hello everyone

Previous data viewtopic.php?p=52750#p52750
- 31.10, Distance: 3363 km (+ 22 km in 2 days)
- Albania: Mursi - a village in the municipality Konispol (former Xarrë)

NEW data
- 01.11, Distance: 3370 km (+ 13 km)
- Albania: Mursi - a village in the municipality Konispol (former Xarrë)

- Iksi arrived in southern Albania on 20.10. Iksi is moving on the Vrina Plain - the Pavllas River Valley

In the vicinity of the National Park of Butrint, across the Vivar Canal, lies the lush land of tangerines. These fields and hills in the municipality of Konispoli are adorned with mandarin orchards in villages such as Vrina, Shëndëlli, Xarra, Mursi, and Shkalla.

MURSI-VRINA PLAIN was created by the activity of Pavllo River and tectonic movements. After drainage works, Pavllo goes now directly towards the Ionian Sea through a channel bordering north of Stillo peninsula. The plain has a very low altitude in its eastern side. The western sector is at the sea level. ... The out-fall of Pavllo is dominated by Mullets M. cephalus and L. ramada as well as other species such as Eel, Sea Bass etc. Leuciscus cephalus albus, Chondostroma nasus nasus and Barbus graecus. The two latter species are found in the upper stream and they are considered as bioindicators ...
(source: https://www.academia.edu/28471210/Butri ... =swp_share)

PAVLLË RIVER (Albanian Pavlla) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavll%C3%AB (PHOTO)

more about this area (+ photos) viewtopic.php?p=52723#p52723

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Malathrë Castle




https://maps.app.goo.gl/1vD3xj3S8u3KkA4H9 - by Ols Lafe - 04/2025

VIDEO Saranda Web uploaded 05.02.2022 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2895536310737877
or the same video here https://sarandaweb.net/fortesa-vila-e-malathrese/
or directly on the youtube https://youtu.be/3dZe4oPGvpo?si=MWFWbYFcjSzd2ZiK



https://pine.al/activity/kala/kalaja-e- ... ol?lang=en (photos too):

The castle of Malathre is located on a hill at the foot of the mountain of Miles, between the ancient city of Butrint and the fortification of Čuka e Ajto. The ancient castle of Malathre for its architecture and planimetric form is a special monument, unique in the territory of Kaonia and beyond.
The Italian mission located in Butrint in the years 1928-1930 with archaeologists such as Marconi and Ugolini carried out the identification of the monument as well as its excavations. While in the 1970s by the Albanian archaeologist Dh. Budina and beyond, excavations followed in the early 1980s by archaeologist Dh. Chondi. Excavations showed that its initial construction dates back to the second half of the III century BC and there was another phase of reuse in the Roman period. The building has a quadrangular shape, measuring 15x15 m and fortified with four towers in its corners.
Its excavator Dh. Çondi has put forward the hypothesis that: the castle can be identified with Amaltheus, the villa of Pompon Atticus, Cicero's friend. This hypothesis is based on a linguistic argument (Malathre as a metathesis of the name Amalte), however there is no epigraphic evidence that could support this thesis.
This castle remains to be visited as a destination between natural beauties and history in the place called Malathre.

more information e.g. here:
Çondi, Dhimitër (1984). „Fortesa – vilë e Malathresë. La forteresse – villa de Malathre“. Iliria 14-2, pp. 131-152.
https://www.persee.fr/doc/iliri_1727-25 ... _14_2_1330 (PHOTOS too)

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uploaded on 12.06.2025
https://www.facebook.com/DRTKVlorefaqja ... fe3uK2EsWl)

The restoration and consolidation works at Malathrë Castle, a first-category cultural monument , located in Mursi village, Administrative Unit of Xarrë, have been successfully completed!
This project, part of the 2025 maintenance package of the Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage – Vlorë (D.R.T.K-Vlorë), was designed by our specialists and approved by the National Council of Tangible Cultural Heritage.
Main interventions included:
Clearing of vegetation and injection of a solution for root drying;
Marking of the visitor itinerary;
Structural consolidation of the stone walls.

more photos in this post - one of them (the Lake Mursi is in the distance):