Bogorodica Ljeviška
| Bogorodica Ljeviška | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš |
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| National territory: |
 Serbia
(On the territory of Kosovo, listed under Serbia by UNESCO .) |
| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | ii, iii, iv |
| Reference No .: | 724 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2006 (session 30) |
Bogorodica Ljeviška ( Serbian - Cyrillic Богородица Љевишка , Albanian Kisha e Shën Premtës , or Xhamia e Xhumasë ) is the Serbian Orthodox central church of Prizren and the cathedral of the Raszien-Prizren eparchy .
Founded in the early 13th century by King Stefan Uroš II Milutin , it is the oldest five-domed church in Serbian art. During the Ottoman rule it was rededicated as a mosque. The heavily damaged frescoes were discovered in the 1950s. The quality of implementation by the Greek painter Michael Astrapes and Eustychios and structural importance of the cathedral , it is thanks to them that they since 2006 as part of the World Cultural Heritages in the list of UNESCO world heritage is registered. At the same time, the city cathedral of Prizren was placed on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger due to the legally unclear situation in Kosovo and the difficult security situation .
Albanian extremists badly damaged the church in 2004 during the pogroms in the Serbian province against Serbian residents and Serbian cultural assets in Kosovo. Some of the frescoes were destroyed by heat and fire, the entire interior was demolished and parts of the construction were damaged by the fire.
history
The church is built on the foundations of a Byzantine basilica from the 11th century. It is a rare building that - unique in Byzantine art - has received a bell tower.
Frescoes
The frescoes, damaged by the transformation into a mosque, are among the best works of fresco painting of the 14th century. Parts of the frescoes were damaged during the unrest in March 2004 when Kosovar Albanians tried to set fire to the church. A 50 m² fresco burst from the heat. It is also necessary to clean the frescoes that have been blackened by the smoke.
Christ
Feeding the Apostles
apostle
Jesus is bathed
Holy Bisilius
Holy Simeon
literature
- Slobodan Ćurčić : “Renewed from the very Foundations”. The Question of Genesis of the Bogorodica Ljeviska in Prizren. In: Archeology in Architecture. Studies in Honor of Cecil L. Striker. Mainz 2005, pp. 23-35.
Web links
- Pictures and history of the cathedral engl.
- Images of the frescoes engl.
- More pictures and short description engl.
Individual evidence
- ^ Damages to churches and other cultural / religious properties during the recent riots March 17-18, 2004 in Kosovo. Cultural Heritage without Borders, May 9, 2004, archived from the original on February 26, 2012 ; accessed on January 6, 2018 .
Coordinates: 42 ° 12 ′ 41 ″ N , 20 ° 44 ′ 9 ″ E