Our Lady of Ljeviš

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Our Lady of Ljeviš (Serbian Cyrillic: Богородица Љевишка, Serbian Latin: Bogorodica Ljeviška) is a 12th century Serbian Orthodox Church cathedral in the town of Prizren, Kosovo. It was converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire and then turn back into an Orthodox Church in early XX century.

On July 13, 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List as an extension of the Visoki Dečani site which was overall placed on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger.

The Church was guarded by KFOR soldiers between June 1999 and mid 2002. It was badly damaged by ethnic Albanian extremists on March 17, 2004 during a campaign of anti-Serbian rioting and persecution. A group of experts sponsored by the Council of Europe has visited the church several occasions to assess the damages, but no concrete steps have been taken. It is subject to constant lootings (the costly lead roof has been repeatedly stolen).

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