The Prizren District ( sq, Distrikti i Prizrenit; sr, Призренски округ/, ) was a

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in southern Kosovo and Metohija between 1990 and 1999. It had a population of 376,085. The seat of the district was in the city of Prizren.

Municipalities

It included the municipalities of: * Suva Reka *

Orahovac Rahovec ( sq-definite, Rahoveci) or Orahovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Ораховац) is a town and municipality located in the District of Prizren in western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Rahovec has 15,892 inhabitants, while the ...

* Prizren * Gora * Opolje

Culture and history

The Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš, in Prizren, is the endowment of

King Milutin Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...

, along with the Archbishop

Sava III Saint Sava III ( sr, Свети Сава III / ''Sveti Sava III''; died July 16, 1316) was the Archbishop of Serbs from 1309 to 1316. Upon completing his studies, he began as a hegumen in Hilandar, then became the Bishop of Prizren. During his o ...

. It was built in 1307. Prizren is also distinguished by other churches, such as: the Church of Holy Salvation (est. 1348), the Church of

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(est. 1332), the Church of

Prince Marko Marko Mrnjavčević ( sr-cyr, Марко Мрњавчевић, ; – 17 May 1395) was the ''de jure'' Serbian king from 1371 to 1395, while he was the ''de facto'' ruler of territory in western Macedonia centered on the town of Prilep. He ...

(est. 1371), and Assembly Church of St. George from the second half of the 19th century. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, during Ottoman rule, mosques,

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s, and

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s flowered throughout Prizren and its surroundings. The Mosque of Bajrakli Gazi Mehmed-Pasha is the earliest establishment of Islamic architecture in Prizren. It was built in 1561, and still safeguards books in

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and Ottoman Turkish to this day, including a Kuran from 1312.

References

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