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History of Prizren


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amily:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">The war and its aftermath caused only a moderate amount of damage to the city compared to other cities in Kosovo. Serbian forces destroyed an important Albanian cultural monument in Prizren, the League of Prizren building On March 17, 2004, during the Unrest in Kosovo, all Serb cultural monuments in Prizren were damaged, burned or destroyed, such as old Orthodox Serb churches:

Our Lady of Ljeviš from 1307 (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

the Church of Holy Salvation

Church of St. George (the city's largest church)

Church of St. George (Runjevac)

Church of St. Kyriaki, Church of St. Nicolas (Tutić Church)

the Monastery of The Holy Archangels, as well as

Prizren's Ortodox seminary of Saint Cyrillus and Methodius

Also, during that riot, entire Serb quarter of Prizren, near the Prizren Fortress, was completely destroyed, and all remaining Serb population was evicted from Prizren.

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