6 Sights in Prizren, Kosovo (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Prizren, Kosovo. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 6 sights are available in Prizren, Kosovo.

Sightseeing Tours in Prizren

1. Gazi Mehmed Pasa Hamami

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Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque also known as the Bajrakli Mosque is a mosque in the city of Prizren. It is one of the oldest Islamic religious sites in Kosovo. Building started in 1561 and finished in 1573. Its building is part of a complex which included the mosque, a library, a maktab and madrasa, public baths, housing and other buildings in a radius of about 150m. The present-day League of Prizren museum was one of its buildings. The complex stands on the other side of the Lumbardhi i Prizrenit river opposite to the Prizren Fortress. The mosque has a square base and numerous windows, while the main mihrab and the mimber are made of marble.

Wikipedia: Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque (EN)

2. Saint Nicholas Church

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The Church of St. Nicholas, also known as Tutić Church is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Prizren in Kosovo. It was founded in 1331–1332 by Dragoslav Tutić, whose monastic name was Nikola (Nicholas), and his wife Bela. Later, the church became a possession of the Visoki Dečani Monastery. Since 1990, it has been on Serbia's list of Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance. At the time of the 2004 unrest in Kosovo, the church was vandalized. Since 2005, with financial support from the European Union, work has been undertaken to restore the church to its original state.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Nicholas, Prizren (EN)

3. Fortress of Prizren

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Fortress of Prizren WeBalkans EU / CC BY 2.0

Prizren Fortress is a hilltop fortification in Prizren in Kosovo. It overlooks the Prizren River which flows through Prizren, which developed around the fortress. The site of the fortress of Prizren has seen habitation and use since the Bronze Age. In late antiquity it was part of the defensive fortification system in western Dardania and was reconstructed in the era of eastern Roman Emperor Justinian. Byzantine rule in the region ended definitively in 1219–20 as the Serbian Nemanjić dynasty controlled the fort until 1371.

Wikipedia: Prizren Fortress (EN)

4. St. Nedelja Church

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The Church of Sveta Nedelja in Prizren is a temple of the Serbian Orthodox Church, which was built on the foundations of an older sacral building. According to the found founder's inscription, the older church was dedicated to the Theotokos Vavedenje and the endowment of the young King Marko Mrnjavčević was erected in 1370/1371.

Wikipedia: Црква Свете Недеље у Призрену (SR)

5. Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

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Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour James Michael DuPont / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour also known as Precinct of the Lady Helper Church and Con-cathedral of the Lady Helper. Is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prizren, Kosovo, seat of the Albanian Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Prizren) (EN)

6. Our Lady of Ljeviš

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Our Lady of Ljeviš is a 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church in the town of Prizren, in southern Kosovo. Since 2006, the church is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site named Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.

Wikipedia: Our Lady of Ljeviš (EN), Heritage Website

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