Krujë -Brret-Shën Mëri Trail

The trail passes 10 km north of the city of Kruja on the Dro River, we climb the👣🏕️⛺💒 olive hills of the Dro River to the village of Brret which lies along the👣🏕️⛺💒 mountain of the same name, we pass through the trail that connects this village with the Church of St. Mary👣🏕️⛺💒

The Church of St. Mary is positioned about ten km north of Kruja. The ruins of this church are located in the middle of a very beautiful forest with cypresses on the side of the village of Shen Mris, a👣🏕️⛺💒 name which, apparently, he took from the church.
Shëmëri Church and is an important abbey church of medieval Arberia.👣🏕️⛺💒 According to oral data, religious services were conducted there by Gjergj Kastrioti together with his wife Donika. "👣🏕️⛺💒Legend has it that the perimeter wall of the church of St. Mary had 72 doors. The belfry was located within this enclosure. 👣🏕️⛺💒
The Diocese / Bishopric of Arbën, until the time of the Ottoman conquest of Durrës and its environs, where the suffragan dioceses were located, depending on the Archdiocese of this👣🏕️⛺💒 city, had its headquarters in the cathedral church of St. Mary called “St. Mary in the castle.👣🏕️⛺💒
According to an act dated February 9, 1513, the diocese of Arbën was one of the first dioceses in the Albanian lands that was attacked by the Turks👣🏕️⛺💒 immediately after the capture of Durrës, on which the suffragan diocese of Arbën depended.👣🏕️⛺💒
The Church of St. Mary was one of the largest and most beautiful churches in medieval Albania👣🏕️⛺💒. It had three naves 25 steps long and 18 steps wide, of which 4 steps belong to the side naves and 10 steps to the central nave.👣🏕️⛺💒
The Church of St. Mary has fragmented frescoes, which have their own values ​​about the quality of their realization.👣🏕️⛺💒
The church has been declared a Cultural