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The Church of the Monastery of Saint Triadha in Kardhikaq, Finiq

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The Church of the Monastery of Saint Triadha is located on a high hill that dominates the entire area of Kardhikaq, in Finiq. The church is a cultural heritage monument of the "Architecture" type, approved in May 1970. Its typology is a church, built in the XVI century.

The church rests on four columns, consists of a nave with dimensions of 7 x 3.90 and a half-fallen narthex. It is built of stone, with lime and contains a thin stone frame. Also, due to the damages suffered over the years, interventions were made to the church by reinforcing the helpers, in its northern and southern parts.

• The researcher Pirro Thomo in his book "Post-Byzantine Churches in South Albania" mentions that: the monastery belongs to the XVII century.

•V. Bara in the book "Delvina and its region" mentions the year 1622 as a concrete date of construction and that...its income was 80 lira, of which 10 for the village school.

In an inscription located in the church it is said... the frescoes were made under the care of Metropolitan Paisios and Igument Jani, with advisors the honorable Konstantin Jorgji, Kristo Kanaçi and Jorgo Panajot Kanaçi. Fellow villagers Panajot Demiri, Loli Llambro, Konstantin Karathano, Jani Tasi and Nasi Llambro also helped. While the icons were made by Jorgo Ziko and his son, from the Vella region in 1827.

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