The Independent has recently published an article listing 15
destinations to visit before they disappear, and among them are 4 medieval
monuments in Kosovo.
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| Church of Holy Saviour |
‘Kosovo boasts plenty of medieval architecture, however,
those structures endured quite a bit during the unrest in the Balkans in the
1990s.
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| Patriarchate of Peć Monastery |
According to Condé Nast Traveler, the churches and
monasteries in the region contain Balkan art from 13th through 17th centuries
and still need more work to stabilize them after the war.”
Kosovo has four cultural monuments protected by UNESCO.
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| Dečani Monastery |
‘The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of
the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with its distinct style of
wall painting, which developed in the Balkans between the 13th and 17th
centuries. The Dečani Monastery was built in the mid-14th century for the
Serbian king Stefan Dečanski and is also his mausoleum. The Patriarchate of Peć
Monastery is a group of four domed churches featuring series of wall paintings.
The 13th-century frescoes of the Church of Holy Apostles are painted in a
unique, monumental style. Early 14th-century frescoes in the church of the Holy
Virgin of Ljevisa represent the appearance of the new so-called Palaiologian
Renaissance style, combining the influences of the eastern Orthodox Byzantine
and the Western Romanesque traditions. The style played a decisive role in
subsequent Balkan art.
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| Our Lady of Ljevis Prizren |
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