- Prizren District
Infobox Serbian district
name_serC = Призренски округ
name_serL = Prizrenski okrug
name_alt =
en_name = Prizren District
province_or_region =Kosovo
capital =Prizren
commissioner =
municipalities = 5
settlements =
cities_and_towns =
villages =
area =
population = 376,085
density =
footnotes = The Prizren District (Serbian: Призренски округ, "Prizrenski okrug", Albanian: "Distrikti i Prizrenit") is a district in Kosovo. It is located in the southern part ofKosovo . It has a population of 376,085. Seat of the District is in the city ofPrizren .Municipalities
It included the municipalities of:
*Suva Reka
*Orahovac
*Prizren
*Gora
*Opolje Culture and history
The Church of the Our Lady of Ljeviš, in Prizren, is the endowment of King Milutin, together with the
Archbishop Sava III , built in1307 .Vicinity of Prizren is distinguished by other churches also: the Church of Holly Salvation from
1348 , the Church ofSt. Nicholas from1332 , the Church ofPrince Marko from1371 , the Assembly Church ofSt. George from the second half of the nineteenth century.In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, at the period of Ottoman rule, mosques,
hammam s, andmedrese s flowered throughout Prizren and its vicinity. The Mosque of Bajrakli Gazi Mehmed-Pasha is the earliest monument of Islamic architecture in Prizren. It was built in1561 , and still today it safeguards books in Arab and Turkish, including aKoran from1312 .The Church of the Our Lady of Ljeviš, in Prizren, is the endowment of King Milutin, together with the Archbishop Sava III, built in 1307.
Vicinity of Prizren is distinguished by other churches also: the Church of Holly Salvation from 1348, the Church of St. Nicholas from 1332, the Church of Prince Marko from 1371, the Assembly Church of St. George from the second half of the nineteenth century.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, at the period of Ottoman rule, mosques, hammams, and medreses flowered throughout Prizren and its vicinity. The Mosque of Bajrakli Gazi Mehmed-Pasha is the earliest monument of Islamic architecture in Prizren. It was built in 1661, and still today it safeguards books in Arab and Turkish, including a Koran from 1312.
ee also
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History of Kosovo
*Districts of Serbia Note: "All official material made by Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from [http://www.serbia.sr.gov.yu/ official website] ."
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