Manastirica
Village
Manastirica is located in Kosovo
Manastirica
Manastirica
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°08′06″N 20°48′19″E / 42.13500°N 20.80528°E / 42.13500; 20.80528
Location Kosovo
DistrictPrizren
MunicipalityPrizren
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total1,107
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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.

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]

Demographics

The village is almost exclusively inhabited by Bosniaks.[3]

References

  • Novak, Viktor (1954). Историјски часопис 4 (1952-1953). Yugoslavia: Istorijski institut.


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