St. Peter's Basilica Church

St Peters Church

St.Peters Church (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Pjetrit) is an old Roman Catholic Church built in the 13th century.

History

The church was built for the area's Catholic community needs and was firstly mentioned in 1303, in conjuction with the town of Trepça. This indicates that the presence of catholic community dates back in the area to much earlier, thus at least to the 13th century. Written records hint that the church was active until the 16th century, despite the fact that the miners started operations in Trepça in the beginning of the 15th century, which hints to the fact that in the 13th century the area was populated with catholic people. During this period, along with the church of Saint Peter, the Catholic Church of Santa Maria is also mentioned in Trepça, and in 1448, four Catholic priests are mentioned. In the 21st century the church is almost entirely in ruins and only the old part of the perimeter walls remains. The only wall standing is the main part of eastern wall, with three apses. The building is Basilica type. They shape and construction type of the walls is indicative of Byzantine influence.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The ruins of the old Latin Catholic Church of St.Peter, Ministry of Culture of Kosovo
  2. ↑ List of the cultural heritage placed under temporary protection (PDF), Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports of Kosovo
  3. ↑ Zhvillimi lokal permes trashegimenise [Local development through heritage] (PDF) (in Albanian), Council of Europe, 2015

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