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16-466: In the beginning of the 14th century it was built during the reign of Stefan Milutin , King of Serbia , on the site of a former Byzantine church. The rebuilt church featured frescoes by Byzantine Greek painters, Michael and Eutychios Astrapas . After the Ottomans completed its annexation of the region in the 15th century, a minaret was erected and the complex was converted into a mosque. In 1912, when

32-467: A plague erupted, imperial general Silvio Piccolomini visited Prizren to meet Catholic Archbishop Pjetër Bogdani . There, a few days later he died as he had contracted the plague and was buried in the graveyard of the church. In 1948, it was recognized by the Yugoslav government as a protected cultural site and in 1950–52 a large-scale reconstruction and restoration project began. When it was completed,

48-522: A verse composed by the Persian poet Hafez . In the 15th century, Prizren became part of the expanding Ottoman Empire. In 1455, Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror ( Fatih Mehmet ) visited Prizren, which at the time had eight Orthodox and two Catholic churches. Sultan Mehmed chose Bogorodica to become a mosque. An inscription in the church describes the event of the conversion. The conversion into a mosque saw

64-595: Is a Serbianized version of the Greek word " Eleusa " (Ελεούσα), meaning "merciful", a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the infant Jesus Christ is nestled against her cheek. The site has been used as a religious and burial site since antiquity. Remains of an altar of the Roman era have been found in the outer walls of the later church. A stone slab which depicts a laurel wreath has also been found within

80-691: The Central Register , 200 of which are categorized as being "of exceptional importance" (155 cultural monuments, 18 archaeological sites, 16 historic landmarks and 11 spatial cultural-historical units). Crkvine Proleterska St. no. 15 Stepenice Maršala Tita St. no. 141 outside of the town Jakaba i Komora Square no. 4 Vuka Karadžića St. Muzejska St. Dimitrija Tucovića St. no. 73 Njegoševa St. no. 12 Kralja Petra I St. Žarka Zrenjanina St. no. 4 Branka Radičevića St. Bulevar Svetog cara Konstantina Belgrade / Savski venac Most of

96-660: The Law on Cultural Heritage of 1994 in order to be categorized as being "of exceptional importance": According to the Law, there are four classes of Immovable Cultural Heritage: Cultural Monuments, Archaeological Sites, Historic Landmarks and Spatial Cultural-Historical Units. Objects in each of those classes can be categorized as being "of exceptional importance" by the National Assembly. As of July 2020 , there are currently 2592 objects of immovable cultural heritage inscribed in

112-822: The Visoki Dečani site (named Medieval Monuments in Kosovo ), which, as a whole, was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger . In 2005–2008, it was restored by the Commission for Implementation of Reconstruction for Serbian Orthodox Church monuments in Kosovo of the European Union . The site is part of the protected cultural heritage of the Kosovo under its Ministry of Culture. In 2020, conservation and restoration of

128-644: The imperial family . Another aspect of the frescoes of Bogorodica is their depiction of Orthodox councils as a symbol that referred to the challenges the Orthodox Church faced against the Catholic Church, a situation common in the borderlands between Catholicism and Orthodoxy in the Balkans. The church has an inscription, written in Persian language and incised in Arabic script over the fresco, of

144-517: The Serbian army annexed Kosovo, the status of the church was restored. After World War II , under SFR Yugoslavia, it saw extensive restoration and reconstruction and functioned as a museum. The site was heavily damaged during the 2004 unrest in Kosovo and has been going through several phases of restoration since then. Bogorodica ljeviška was the official name in Milutin's era although the church

160-529: The erection of a minaret, which was removed in 1923 after Serbia had annexed Kosovo. In this period, it was formally called Fatih camisi , while popularly it was known as Cuma Cami , which is how the site is known to the local inhabitants. The archival records of the mosque are a valuable source for the history of Ottoman Prizren. In the Great Turkish War , the Austrian army held Prizren briefly. As

176-931: The exterior and churchyard was carried out, under finance Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information after authorization was secured from local institutions. Stefan Milutin Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 973303299 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:04:07 GMT Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia) Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance ( Serbian : Непокретна културна добра од изузетног значаја / Nepokretna kulturna dobra od izuzetnog značaja ) are those objects of Immovable cultural heritage that enjoy

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192-709: The highest level of state protection in the Republic of Serbia . Immovable Cultural Heritage is classified as being of Exceptional Importance upon decision by the National Assembly of Serbia . They are inscribed in the Central Register of Immovable cultural property maintained by the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia  [ sr ] . Objects of Immovable cultural heritage have to fulfill one or more of those criteria defined in

208-526: The site of a Byzantine basilica of the 11th century. The church was built by Vitus of Kotor . The Byzantine church had three naves to which Milutin added two more. The architecture of the rebuilt church utilized Late Byzantine architecture through the use of five domes, monumental inscriptions in its exterior and the Byzantine belfry . Milutin chose to utilize these elements as a symbol in order to highlight his own partially Byzantine origin and relation to

224-493: The site was turned into a museum. Further restoration work was done in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990, Serbia designated it a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance . After the Kosovo War , the complex was guarded by KFOR . It was heavily damaged during the 2004 unrest in Kosovo when it was burnt along with other Serbian Orthodox sites. On 13 July 2006, it was placed on UNESCO 's World Heritage List as an extension of

240-493: The walls of the church. It may have been part of a public building of the same era in the region of Prizren. These findings are common of medieval times, as parts of older buildings were frequently used as building materials ( spolia ). They highlight valuable information about the city of Prizren in the Roman period and indicate that it may have been a settlement bigger than a village at that time. Stefan Milutin , King of Serbia commissioned its rebuilding and expansion in 1306/7 on

256-531: Was popularly known as the Church of St. Paraskeva . This is the name by which it is known by both Albanians as Shën Premte and Serbs as Sveta Petka . Consequently, when it became a mosque it was known Cuma Cami ( Albanian : Xhuma Xhami , Serbian : Џума-џамија , Džuma-džamija ), the Friday Mosque , although it was officially known as Fatih Cami , Mehmed Fatih 's mosque. "Ljeviška" (of Ljeviš)

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