Samadrexhë
Church of St. John the Baptist
Church of St. John the Baptist
Samadrexhë is located in Kosovo
Samadrexhë
Samadrexhë
Coordinates: 42°49′24″N 21°02′51″E / 42.8233°N 21.0475°E / 42.8233; 21.0475
Location Kosovo
DistrictMitrovicë
MunicipalityVushtrri
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total1,321
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Samadrexha[2] (Albanian: Samadrexhë; Serbian Cyrillic: Самодрежа, Samodreža), is a village in the Vushtrria municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited exclusively by ethnic Albanians.

The local Serbian Orthodox church, Church of St. John the Baptist, is a monument that dates back to the middle ages.[3] According to Serbian myth, the church is the site where Prince Lazar of Serbia and his knights received communion before the Battle of Kosovo (1389).[4]

References

  1. 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. "Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011". Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  3. Црква у Самодрежи поново претворена у јавни тоалет (in Serbian).
  4. Cultural monuments in Serbia: The Church of St. John the Baptist (web-page of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts) (in Serbian)
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