Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
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How it came to be
The Medieval Monuments in Kosovo are four Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries. They mark the meeting of Eastern Orthodox Byzantine and Western Romanesque building that shaped a distinct church culture in the Balkans between the 13th and 17th centuries. The site is inscribed as a property of Serbia.
The Patriarchate of Peć is a group of four domed churches decorated with wall paintings. The Church of the Holy Virgin of Ljeviša holds frescoes of the early 14th century. Gračanica was built by King Milutin of Serbia in 1321. Work on Dečani began in 1327 under King Stefan Dečanski, to a design by the Franciscan friar Vito of Kotor; it is the largest medieval church in the Balkans, with frescoes of more than 1,000 saints.
Dečani was inscribed in 2004 and the other three were added in 2006, the same year the site was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger because the region's political instability made management and conservation difficult. During the unrest of 2004 the Church of the Holy Virgin of Ljeviša was heavily damaged.
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