Librazhd is located between Elbasan and Pogradec in the central-east of Albania.

Librazhd probably originated as it was the intersection of the Roman Via Egnatia, which passed through the Shkumbin Valley and the road which runs through the Çermenika region to Dibra. The Roman Via Egnatia ran on the left bank of the river high above the valley floor in the Polis Mountains and can still be be found in several places.

in ancient times . The then main traffic axis between the imperial centers of Rome and Constantinople ran on the left bank of the river high above the valley floor in the Polis Mountains (Mali i Polisit) . The Roman road can still be found in several places.

It is close to the Shebenik-Jabllanice National Park, which is one of Albania’s newest national parks, as it was formed in 2008. The park is north east of the town and runs along the border with Macedonia.