Prizren District

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Призренски округ
Prizrenski okrug
Location
Location of district within Kosovo
Location of district within Kosovo
Administration
Capital Prizren
Municipalities 5
Population (census 2002) 376,085
 - density /km²
Serbia

The Prizren District (Serbian: Призренски округ, Prizrenski okrug, Albanian: Distrikti i Prizrenit) is a district in Kosovo. It is located in the southern part of Kosovo. It has a population of 376,085. Seat of the District is in the city of Prizren.

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A map of Kosovo's districts at the time
A map of Kosovo's districts at the time

It included the municipalities of:

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The Church of the Our Lady of Ljeviš, in Prizren, is the endowment of King Milutin, together with the Archbishop Sava III, built in 1307.

Vicinity of Prizren is distinguished by other churches also: the Church of Holly Salvation from 1348, the Church of St. Nicholas from 1332, the Church of Prince Marko from 1371, the Assembly Church of St. George from the second half of the nineteenth century.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, at the period of Ottoman rule, mosques, hammams, and medreses flowered throughout Prizren and its vicinity. The Mosque of Bajrakli Gazi Mehmed-Pasha is the earliest monument of Islamic architecture in Prizren. It was built in 1561, and still today it safeguards books in Arab and Turkish, including a Koran from 1312.

The Church of the Our Lady of Ljeviš, in Prizren, is the endowment of King Milutin, together with the Archbishop Sava III, built in 1307.

Vicinity of Prizren is distinguished by other churches also: the Church of Holly Salvation from 1348, the Church of St. Nicholas from 1332, the Church of Prince Marko from 1371, the Assembly Church of St. George from the second half of the nineteenth century.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, at the period of Ottoman rule, mosques, hammams, and medreses flowered throughout Prizren and its vicinity. The Mosque of Bajrakli Gazi Mehmed-Pasha is the earliest monument of Islamic architecture in Prizren. It was built in 1661, and still today it safeguards books in Arab and Turkish, including a Koran from 1312.

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