Manastirica, Prizren
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.
Manastirica
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Village | |
  Manastirica Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°08′06″N 20°48′19″E | |
| Location |  Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Prizren |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,107 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
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]
Notes and references
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:
- Novak, Viktor (1954). Историјски часопис 4 (1952-1953). Yugoslavia: Istorijski institut.
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