Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Prizren)

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Albanian: Katedralja Katolike e Zojës Ndihmëtare; Serbian Cyrillic: Катедрала Госпе од Непрестане Помоћи Serbian Latin: Katedrala Gospe od Neprestane Pomoći) also known as Precinct of the Lady Helper Church and Con-cathedral of the Lady Helper. Is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prizren, Kosovo[lower-alpha 1], seat of the Albanian Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina.

Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

History

The Cathedral of Prizren was commissioned in 1870 by Dario Bucciarelli, Archbishop of Skopje. Its clocktower was built by Thomas Glasnovic, a Croatian monk and architect. The cathedral among its frescoes features in the north side of the church a fresco of Skanderbeg painted in 1883 by Gjergj Panariti an Albanian monk and painter from Korçë.

Notes

The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

References

Official web page of the diocese (English)
Catholic Church web page (Albanian)
Kosovo By Gail Warrander, Verena Knaus https://books.google.com/books?id=GCRjKdrmqqEC
List of Churches: http://www.metaltraveller.com/en/trips/kosovo/prizren_churches.html
Openstreetmap location
Report on Churches in Kosovo
Archeological Report of Prizren
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42.2068°N 20.7374°E / 42.2068; 20.7374

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[status-1] The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.