The Kadri Hyseni Tower House is a cultural heritage monument in
Oshlan,
Vushtrri
Vushtrri ( sq-definite, Vushtrria) or Vučitrn ( sr-Cyrl, Вучитрн), is a city and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in northern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Vushtrri has 26,964 inhabitants, while the munic ...
, Kosovo.
History
Oshlan has been settled since the 15th century, appearing in the
1455 defter of the Branković lands, an
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
land registry. Though many
tower houses in the Balkans
A distinctive type of Ottoman tower houses ( sq, kullë; bg, кули, ; sr, kуле, ro, culă, all meaning "tower", from Arabic (, “fort, fortress”) via Persian , meaning "mountain" or "top", and Turkish ) developed and were built in th ...
were burned during the conflicts in which the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...
grew, Kadri Hyseni Tower House remains a solid example. A carved stone tower in a wide, walled courtyard, it stretches to two stories. Open square windows have gun turrets on all four sides. The roof is
tiled. The tower's wooden roofed door and stone wall and well contrast to the tower and its immediate vicinity. The site's historic importance includes its use by guerrilla
Kachaks
Kachaks ( sq, kaçak, sr, качаци / ''kačaci'') is a term used for the Albanian bandits active in the late 19th and early 20th century in northern Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia, and later as a term for the militias of Albanian ...
fighting the Yugoslav government under
Azem Galica
Azem Bejta (10 December 1889 – 15 July 1924), commonly known as Azem Galica, was an Albanian nationalist and rebel who fought for the unification of Kosovo with Albania.
Biography
Early life
Azem Bejta was born in the village of Galica in ...
. Emergency restoration was conducted in 2014 by the
Kosovo Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport.<
See also
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Sanjak of Viçitrina
The Sanjak of Viçitrina ( tr, Vulçitrin sancağı; sq, Sanxhaku i Vushtrrisë; sr, Вучитрнски санџак / ''Vučitrnski sandžak''), also known as the Pristina Pashaluk (Albanian: Pashallëku i Prishtinës; sr, Приштинс ...
*
List of monuments in Vushtrri This is an incomplete list of monuments in Vushtrri municipality:
Cultural monuments
}/''Vojinovića most''; sq, Ura Nëntë Harkore) is located in Vushtrri, Kosovo.
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, Mahmut Gjinolli House
, The Mahmut Gjinolli House is a c ...
References
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Historic sites in Kosovo
Cultural heritage monuments in Vushtrri