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History of Prizren

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the 2nd century AD. In the 5th century, it is mentioned as being restored in Dardania with the name of Petrizên by Procopius of Caesarea in De aedificiis (Book IV, Chapter 4). Sometimes it is mentioned even in relation to the Justiniana Prima. It is thought that its modern name comes from old Serbian i

Indicating fortress which could be seen from afar (compare with Czech Přízřenice or mount Ozren).

Medieval

Konstantin Jireček through the use of the correspondence of DemetriosChomatenos, bishop of Ohrid concluded that Prizren was one of the areas of Albanian settlement in the era prior to the Slavic migrations/expansions.

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