Manastirica, Prizren
Appearance
Manastirica
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Village | |
Coordinates: 42°08′06″N 20°48′19″E / 42.13500°N 20.80528°E | |
Location | Kosovo |
District | Prizren |
Municipality | Prizren |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,107 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Manastirica (Serbian Cyrillic: Манастирица; Albanian: Manastiricë; Bosnian: Manastirica) is a village in the Prizren Municipality in southern Kosovo, close to the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia.
History
[edit]The village of Manastirica was settled by construction workers who took part in the construction of the Visoki Dečani Monastery in the early 1300s. As a sign of gratitude for their work, these workers were gifted the village of Manastirica to settle by the Serbian king Stefan Dečanski following completion of the build.[2]
Demographics
[edit]The village is almost exclusively inhabited by Bosniaks.[3]
References
[edit]- Novak, Viktor (1954). Историјски часопис 4 (1952-1953). Yugoslavia: Istorijski institut.