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The ruins of Ulpiana are located 12 km to the south-east of Pristina and the archaeological city is located in the villages Hajvalia, Laplje Selo, and the town of Gračanica. [12] [10] Geophysical research made by archaeologists has shown that there are more than 120 hectares worth of objects within the territory of the ancient town. [10]
Ulpiana. Archaeology of Kosovo as a field of study and research was started in the second half of the 20th century. Kosovo's field of archaeology has developed in tandem with the historical study, studies of ancient authors' sources, classic philological studies, theological data research, topographic studies and ground survey, analysis of toponyms, deciphering of epigraphic and ...
Pristina or Prishtina [a] (UK: / ˈ p r iː ʃ t ɪ n ə, p r ɪ ʃ ˈ t iː n ə / PREE-shtin-ə, prish-TEE-nə, [4] [5] US: / ˈ p r ɪ ʃ t ɪ n ə / PRISHT-in-ə) [6] [b] is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district. [7] In antiquity, the area of Pristina was part of ...
The archaeological site, respectively the fortification of the Kasterc, positioned more or less 12 kilometers northwest from the town of Suva Reka (Theranda), witnessed to be a multilayer archaeological center that continued to exist from the prehistoric times, more precisely, from a Copper Age as a fortified settlement and then reused and ...
Pristina has fours cinemas, Cineplexx, Kino ABC, Kino ABC 1 and Kino Armata. Kino ABC was opened in 2000 and it is located in the center of Pristina. Kino ABC in 2013 started playing films in 3D technology. Kino ABC 1 started working in 2010 until 2012 when it stopped working for unknown reasons.
The Kosovo Museum has an extensive collection of archaeological and ethnological artifacts, including the Neolithic Goddess on the Throne terracotta, found near Pristina in 1956 [28] and depicted in the city's emblem. A large number of artifacts from antiquity are still in Belgrade, and the museum was looted in 1999.
During the 14th and the 15th century, Pristina was classified as an important mining and trading center on the Balkan market due to its position near the rich mining town of Novo Brdo. Pristina was famous for its trade fairs and items, such as goatskin and goat hair, as well as gunpowder produced by artisans from Pristina in 1485. [6]
"Harta Arkeologjike e Kosovës vëllimi 1/ Archaeological Map of Kosovo vol.1" Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës, Pristina 2006, ISBN 9789951413596 Cultural Heritage Without Borders. "An Archaeological Map of the Historic Zone of Prizren", CHwB Kosovo office, Report Series No.2/2006.