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Goddess on the Throne (Albanian: Hyjnesha në fron; Serbian: Богиња на трону, romanized: Boginja na tronu) is a terracotta figurine found at the site of the Tjerrtorja spinning mill in Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo, in 1956.
Goddess on the Throne. As the capital city of Kosovo, Pristina is the heart of the cultural and artistic development of all Albanians that live in Kosovo.The department of cultural affairs is just one of the segments that arranges the cultural events, which make Pristina one of the cities with the most emphasized cultural and artistic traditions.
In 1963, it was sold to the Museum of Kosovo and from 1995 to 2002, it was used as the main office for the European Agency for Reconstruction. [35] [38] The museum is full of rich collections of the prehistoric era. One of the most prominent piece is a small (no more than 30 cm tall) statue called “The Goddess on Throne”.
Pristina Goddess on the Throne Neolithic Period sites in Kosovo The Neolithic Runik ocarina is the oldest musical instrument found in Kosovo to date. The time frame 6500–3500 BC should be regarded as the relative real extent of the Neolithic period in the Balkans. [12]
Pristina's fountain is the sole public fountain in Pristina which is protected by the state. [34] It is located between the “Bazaar’s mosque” (Xhamia e Çarshisë) and Kosovo's Museum. [ 34 ] Years ago there used to be many fountains in the city, but this one is the only public fountain that was able to survive during the years.
The Cathedral church of Christ the Saviour (Serbian: Саборни храм Христа Спаса у Приштини /Saborni hram Hrista Spasa u Prištini; Albanian: Katedralja e Krishtit shpëtimtar) in Pristina, Kosovo, is an unfinished Serbian Orthodox Christian church whose construction began in 1992.
Destruction of Islamic Heritage in the Kosovo War 1998-1999. Pristina: Interfaith Kosovo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo. ISBN 9789951595025. Ćurčić, Slobodan (1979). Gračanica: King Milutin's Church and Its Place in Late Byzantine Architecture. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271002187.
The Heroinat Memorial (HEROINAT) (Albanian: Memoriali Heroinat) is a typographic sculpture and tourist attraction in Pristina, Kosovo. The memorial is placed in a park in downtown Pristina, in one of Prishtina's most central and frequented areas, in front of Newborn monument. It was unveiled on 12 June 2015, celebrated as Kosovo's Liberation ...