Nerodimë e Poshtme or Donje Nerodimlje ( sr-Cyrl, Доње Неродимље) is an archaeological site and village situated west of the city of
Ferizaj
Ferizaj, . or Uroševac, . Also formerly known as Ferizovići ( tr, Firzovik). is the sixth largest city in Kosovo by population and seat of Ferizaj Municipality and Ferizaj District.
Ferizaj has been populated since the prehistoric era by t ...
,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
. Several archaeological trenches were investigated at this location in 1988 (which is close to the Orthodox cemetery).
Villa Complex
The excavations resulted in the discovery of a villa complex that was possibly constructed during the
Late Antique
Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English has ...
period. The villa was built around an atrium with a polychrome floor mosaic, using geometrical and figural motifs. According to researchers involved in the dig, the first phase was probably constructed during the 4th century AD, with reconstruction possibly taking place during the 5th and 6th century AD. The discovered floor mosaic is set within a rectangular room and an adjoining apse, which may have served as a triclinium (a dining room).
The mosaic in the villa complex at Nerodime e Poshtme is very similar in composition, style and construction techniques to a floor mosaic discovered in the Heraclea Lyncestis martyrium in
North Macedonia
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, as well as a floor mosaic found in the Lin Basilica martyrium in
Albania
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. The similarities between the mosaics at these three sites suggest that they are all the work of a great unknown artist/master of that time.
[Milot Berisha, ''Kosovo Archaeological Guide'', Prishtinë, Kosovo Archaeological Institute and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, 2012, Pg.73.]
Churches
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Church of St. Nicholas, Donje Nerodimlje
Church of St. Nicholas was a Serbian Orthodox church located in Donje Nerodimlje, in the municipality of Uroševac, Kosovo and Metohija. It belonged to the Diocese of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church and it was destroyed by ...
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Church of St. Stephen, Donje Nerodimlje
Church of St. Stephen ( sr, Црква Светог Стефана / ''Crkva Svetog Stefana''; sq, Kisha e Shën Shtjefënit) was a Serbian Orthodox church located in Donje Nerodimlje, in the municipality of Ferizaj, Kosovo. It belonged to the ...
See also
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Roman Dardania
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Roman cities in Illyria
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Archaeology of Kosovo
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes ...
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Roman Period Sites in Kosovo
The Roman heritage sites in Kosovo represent a multitude of monuments of material and spiritual culture, which reflect the Roman period in this region. Among them, a special place is occupied by those that represent the development of art, such as ...
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Neolithic Sites in Kosovo
This is a description of Neolithic sites in Kosovo. The warm, humid climate of the Holocene which came soon after the ice melting of the last glacial period brought changes in nature which were reflected in humans, flora and fauna. This climatic s ...
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Copper, Bronze and Iron Age Sites in Kosovo
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Late Antiquity and Medieval Sites in Kosovo
Late may refer to:
* LATE, an acronym which could stand for:
** Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a proposed form of dementia
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Moesia
Dardania (Roman province)
Roman towns and cities in Kosovo
Archaeological sites in Kosovo
Villages in Ferizaj
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