Voskopoja, near Korça, is historically a centre for Vlachs or Aromanians, an originally nomadic minority speaking a Latin language close to Romanian, who as shepherds spread widely throughout Central and Eastern Europe since early medieval times.

Aromanians, the Vlachs in the southern Balkans who have been strongly influenced by Greek culture, are spread mainly in northern and central Greece and in Albania, where up to 200,000 Aromanians can be found in the area south of Vlora. Voskopoja, or Moscopole as they called it, was an important urban centre for the Vlachs.

Korça, called Curcea in Aromanian, is the site of Albania's only Vlach church, sponsored by the Romanian government, and also still has a Vlach district. Nowadays, Aromanian language is seldom heard in Albania, though there are attempts to revive the culture and start language education in some schools.