Chunavia
Sign in to saveChunavia is the name of coastal region in central Albania and former bishopric in the country, now a Latin Catholic titular see. It was one of the oldest medieval bishoprics in Albania, located at the coastal region between Durrës and the mouth of the Mat (near Fushë Kuqe).
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Chunavia is the name of coastal region in central Albania and former bishopric in the country, now a Latin Catholic titular see. It was one of the oldest medieval bishoprics in Albania, located at the coastal region between Durrës and the mouth of the Mat (near Fushë Kuqe).
== History == The city in the former Roman province of Epirus Nova was important enough to become a suffragan of its capital Durrës's Metropolitan see circa 1300 AD, known in Latin as Cunavia, only to be suppressed again circa 1470.