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Professor Pierre Cabanes, the friend of Albanian archaeology, has passed away

2023-06-14 17:22:43Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Professor Pierre Cabanes, the friend of Albanian archaeology, has passed away
Pierre Cabanes

The well-known French professor Pierre Cabanes, Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania, honored with the highest state order "Gjergj Kastriot Skënderbeu", passed away.

Prof. dr. Cabanes passed away at the age of 93. He was a historian of antiquity and a well-known researcher in the field of Greek epigraphy.

His rich scientific life has been closely connected with the territory of South Illyria and Epirus. Therefore, his scientific and humane personality has taken a worthy place alongside the founders of Albanian archeology of the 20th century.

In 1965, Cabanes successfully defended his doctorate with the thesis "Epirus from the death of Pyrrhus to the Roman conquest (272-168 BC)".

In 1969 Prof. Cabanes started teaching at the University of Clermont-Ferrand. While in the years 1977-1982 he was elected the first president of the University Clermont-Ferrand II. He was then appointed to the University of Paris X-Nanterre, being for some time also director of research at the CNRS.

"Arsenal" of the scientific activity of prof. Cabanes is very extensive, having published 20 book volumes and over 120 scientific articles. His closest Albanian colleague and collaborator, the epigrapher Faik Drini, has pointed out that it is precisely his contributions on South Illyria and Epirus that best affirm his name as a historian of antiquity and as a specialist. par excellence" of the ancient history of Albania.

His work is listed in the wake of the contributions of French researchers of the territory of South Illyria and Epirus in the 19th century such as FCH L Pouqueville, Ami Boué, H. Hecquard, L. Heuzey, H. Daumet, Leon Rey, Allain Ducellier and many others during the 20th century.

Prof. Cabanes undertook two trips to Albania in 1971 and 1974.

In the following years, he kept in constant contact with Albanian archeology colleagues, although at that time Albania was experiencing a totalitarian regime, he managed to avoid many obstacles.

In 1991, Prof. Cabanes took over the management of the project of the French archaeological and epigraphic mission in Albania, with the main focus being the excavations in the ancient city of Apollonia, exactly in that place, where a French team led by the archaeologist Leon Rey, had already carried out excavations interrupted by World War II. He successfully led this project for a period of more than ten years.

He continued to visit Albania almost every year, until he was 85 years old, continuing with the publication of new scientific contributions. With the care of UNESCO, he directed the publication of the Archaeological Map of Albania, presented by his Albanian colleagues Myzafer Korkuti, Apollon Baçe and Neritan Ceka.


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