Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Prizren)

Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Albanian: Katedralja Katolike e Zojës Ndihmëtare; Serbian Cyrillic: Катедрала Госпе од Непрестане Помоћи Serbian Latin: Katedrala Gospe od Neprestane Pomoći) also known as Precinct of the Lady Helper Church and Con-cathedral of the Lady Helper. Is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prizren, Kosovo^[a], seat of the Albanian Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina.

History[]

The Cathedral of Prizren was commissioned in 1870 by Dario Bucciarelli, Archbishop of Skopje. Its clocktower was built by Thomas Glasnovic, a Croatian monk and architect. The cathedral among its frescoes features in the north side of the church a fresco of Skanderbeg painted in 1883 by an Albanian monk and painter from Korçë.

Notes[]

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References[]

Official web page of the diocese (English)
Catholic Church web page^{[permanent dead link]} (Albanian)
Kosovo By Gail Warrander, Verena Knaus https://books.google.com/books?id=GCRjKdrmqqEC
List of Churches: http://www.metaltraveller.com/en/trips/kosovo/prizren_churches.html
Openstreetmap location
Report on Churches in Kosovo
Archeological Report of Prizren
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42°12′24″N 20°44′15″E / 42.2068°N 20.7374°E

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[status-1] Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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