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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 ...
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 Clock Tower (Albanian: Sahatkulla) in Pristina, Kosovo, was built in the 19th century [1] [2] [3] by Jashar Pasha, [4] after whom the Mosque is named not far from the Clock Tower. It served as a means of informing the town during the Ottoman Empire rule, in order to let people know when to pray as well as the traders closing their shops.
After the end of the Kosovo Liberation War (1999), new circumstances emerged. In 2010, it was decided to rebuild the Tower of Azem Bejta in his birthplace, Galica, in the Vushtrri Municipality. The reconstruction work began on July 16, 2010, on the occasion of the 86th anniversary of Azem Bejtë's heroic death. [3]
[3] [42] The word Kulla from Albanian, Kule from Turkish, and kуле from Serbian, in English means Tower. They were built in the whole territory of Kosovo, but the most distinct ones were built in villages and towns of Dukagjini/Metohija region. [42]
During the 1999 conflict in Kosovo many buildings that represent this heritage were destroyed or damaged. [2] [3] In the Dukagjini region, at least 500 kullas were attacked, and most of them destroyed or otherwise damaged. [1] During the 1990s and thereafter, thousands of illegal buildings have been built in Kosovo.
Kosovo police said they killed three armed attackers and arrested another Sunday during a shootout in the village of Banjska in northern Kosovo. Kosovo police kill at least 3 armed attackers ...
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.