On the facade of the church of Apollonia, on April 6, 1260, the family portrait of Mihal Paleologu, a rare fresco of the Byzantine emperor with great artistic and historical value, was painted. The fresco is one of the first works of medieval art in Albania.

On April 6, 1925, Sami Repishti was born. He was a patriot, professor and researcher. In 1946, he was imprisoned by the communist regime on the charge of “Western ideas” and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 1956 he escaped to Yugoslavia and then a year later he went to Italy from where he immigrated to America. He is one of the founders of the Albanian-American Civic League and its executive director until 1992.

On April 6, 1937, the government of that time approved the law on the replacement of foreign names held by some cities, villages, neighborhoods and rivers.

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