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Mic Sokoli tower house in Bujan, northern Albania. Tower houses (singular: Albanian: kullë; Bosnian: odžak Bulgarian: кули, kuli; Serbian: кула, Romanian: culă) developed and were built since the Middle Ages in the Balkans, [1] particularly in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro, [2] but also in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia, as well as in Oltenia ...
Kulla e Asllan Tupellës ... Kçiq i Vogël, Mitrovica, Kosovo: Built: 19th century: The Asllan Tupella Tower House is a cultural heritage monument in Kçiq i Vogël, ...
The Syle Rexha Tower House is a cultural heritage monument in Vranoc, Peja, Kosovo. It was built in the 18th century. It was built in the 18th century. The two-story building is made from river stone save for the carved stone corners and was designed by artisans from the Sanjak of Dibra as well as the family of the eponymous feudal lord.
The Tower of Azem and Shote Galica (Albanian: Kulla e Azem dhe Shotë Galicës) is a cultural heritage monument located in Galica, Vushtrri Municipality, in Kosovo. This monument is classified as "architectural" and has been approved with the number 4019. [1]
The wealthy Kosovo Albanian Tupella family built the house in the early 19th century. In 1912, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s government commandeered it as a prison for local dissidents. The tower house saw violence during the Kosovo Operation (1944). It was also used for torture and killings during a show trial over confiscated weaponry in 1956.
The Albanian word kulla means "tower" in English. This is a type of building that was initially built from wood and stone and eventually only from stone. This type of building is typical for the Kosovan School of National Albanian Building and they have been built exclusively by the Albanian population in Kosovo.
The Vushtrri Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Vushtrrisë; Serbian: Војиновића Кула) or Old Tower (Albanian: Kulla e Vjetër; Serbian: Vojinovića Kula) are city fortifications in Vushtrri, Kosovo. [1] It was the seat of despot Đurađ Branković (1427–1456).
Kosovo school libraries were destroyed during the war. [7] In 1999, certain archives and collections were also removed from Kosovo into Serbia, such as the archive of the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of Kosovo from the organisation's building in Pristina by employees belonging to the Yugoslav Ministry of Interior.