-In October 1753, the prominent iconographers, the brothers Kostandin and Athanas Zografi accomplished the decorating of the church of the “12 Apostles” in Voskopoja. The icons and wall paintings turned the church into one of the most outstanding monuments of our medieval culture.

-On October 20, 1880, an extraordinary Assembly of the Albanian League was held in Dibra, which was called the second Assembly of Dibra, where about 300 delegates from different provinces participated, representing the two currents of the movement for achieving national autonomy from the Ottoman Empire. The radical patriotic current led by Abdyl Frashëri presented the same program as that of the Assembly of Gjirokastër, which in addition to the protection of Ulqin, foresaw the creation of the vilayet of Albania and the temporary Albanian government.

-October 20, 1900, the Albanian national poet Naim Frashëri passed away. He was born on May 25, 1846 in Frashër of Përmet. He completed his secondary studies in Ioannina, at the well-known high school “Zosimea”. In 1881, he finally settled in Istanbul, where he became the soul of the Society of Albanian Letters and of the movement of Albanian patriots. Naim Frasheri passed away at the age of 54.

-On October 20, 1927, the prominent teacher and journalist Naum Dhimitër Naçi, or as he is known otherwise, Nuçi Naçi, director of the first Albanian school in Korça, passed away. He holds the high title “Teacher of the people”.

 -On October 20, 1935, Feim Ibrahimi was born in Gjirokastër. Ibrahimi is one of the most prominent personalities of Albanian music. He brought to music an anti-ideological spirit, outside the stamps of the time, sometimes “shocking” the spirit that pervaded Albanian music. He passed away in Turin on August 2, 1997.

-On October 20, 1938, the patriot Sali Butka passed away. He was born in 1852 in the village of Butka in Kolonja. He was one of the famous leaders and outstanding fighters of the Albanian national movement. Sali Butka began to bring books and newspapers written in the Albanian language from Manastir and Thessaloniki, which he then distributed in the provinces of Kolonja, Korça and Përmet. In 1910, Sali Butka, together with 2500 people from Kolonja, participated in the great meeting of Albanian letters that was organized in Korça. He welcomed the raising of the national flag and the declaration of independence of Albania by Ismail Qemali in November the 28-th, 1912.

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