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'''Glavinica''' or '''Glavenica''' was a medieval town that was located in present-day southern [[Albania]]. It is mentioned in the "Short Life" of [[Clement of Ohrid ]] as one of the three places of rest provided by the Bulgarian prince [[Boris I]] ({{reign|852|889}}) to Clement. It is known that the town foll within the historical district of [[Kutmichevitsa]], but its exact location is unknown. Some modern scholars believe that the city was located on the site of the modern town of [[Ballsh]], where in 1918 the Austrian army discovered a [[Balshi inscription|column with an inscription]] testifying to the baptism of the Bulgarians during the reign of Prince Boris.<ref>Florin Curta, Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250; Cambridge University Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0521815398}}, p. 176.</ref> In the "Short Life" it is mentioned that he left such monuments around Glavinica, which in the beginning of the 13th century could still be seen around Balshi.<ref>Lorenc Bejko, Sarah P. Morris, John K. Papadopoulos, Lynne A. Schepartz, The Excavation of the Prehistoric Burial Tumulus at Lofkend, Albania; ISD LLC, 2015, {{ISBN|1938770528}}, 98.</ref> According to other assumptions, the city was located near the city of [[Vlora]].<ref>Dimitri Obolensky, Six Byzantine Portraits.
Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints Series, Clarendon Press, 1988; {{ISBN|0198219512}}, p. 29.</ref> Glavenitsa was the center of one of the main dioceses of the [[Ohrid Archbishopric]], including the fortress of [[Kaninë|Kanina]].
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