Church of St. Nicholas, Slovinje
| Church of St. Nicholas, Slovinje
Црква Светог Николе, Словињe | |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Slovinje, Kosovo |
| Affiliation | Serbian Orthodox |
| Year consecrated | 16th century |
| Architectural description | |
| Specifications | |
Church of St. Nicholas was a Serbian Orthodox church located in Slovinje, in the municipality of Lipljan, Kosovo and Metohija.
The church dedicated to St. Nicholas was built in the 16th century. First time it was demolished in the 19th century and all construction material had been sold to the company that built Kosovo railway (1871-1873).
The church was rebuilt in 1996. After the arrival of the British KFOR troops in June 1999, the temple was destroyed by Albanian extremists. On 17th of July 1999 the church was dynamited and destroyed to the ground. [1]
Еxternal links
- Cultural monuments in Serbia: Church of St. Nicholas (web-page of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
- The list of destroyed and desecrated churches in Kosovo and Metohija june-october 1999 (Списак уништених и оскрнављених цркава на Косову и Метохији јун-октобар 1999)
- The list of destroyed, burned and demolished churches (Spisak uništenih, spaljenih i demoliranih crkava), svetosavlje.org
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