Summer Day is celebrated on March 14. It is a holiday of ancient origin, inherited in particular by the citizens of Elbasan. The holiday is held in honor of nature and vegetation. The distinctive sign of this celebration is the cooking of bollokume.

On March 14, 1860, Karl Gega, an engineer of Albanian origin, died at the age of 58. Bridges, roads, buildings and dams were built under his direction. Karl Gega was posthumously honored for his work and placed in the pantheon of great people.

On March 15, 1875, Faik Konica was born, publicist, writer, translator, publisher, controversial politician. He passed away in 1942. Konica was a propagandist of the national issue, a researcher of national history and the Albanian language, publisher, publicist and Albanian diplomat. He was an essayist, designer, theoretical and practical founder of Albanian literary criticism, a political activist with complicated convictions. In 1926, he was appointed Plenipotentiary Minister (Ambassador) of Albania to the United States, a position he held until 1939, when fascist Italy occupied Albania. He passed away on December 15, 1942 in Washington.

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