Samodreža
Samadrexha[2] (Albanian: Samadrexhë; Serbian Cyrillic: Самодрежа, Samodreža), is a village in the Vushtrria municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited exclusively by ethnic Albanians.
Samadrexhë
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 Church of St. John the Baptist | |
  Samadrexhë | |
| Coordinates: 42.8233°N 21.0475°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] |
| District | Mitrovicë |
| Municipality | Vushtrri |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,321 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The local Serbian Orthodox church, Church of St. John the Baptist, is a monument that dates back to the middle ages.[3] According to Serbian myth, the church is the site where Prince Lazar of Serbia and his knights received communion before the Battle of Kosovo (1389).[4]
Notes
- The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 101 out of 193 (52.3%) UN member states (with another 13 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own territory.
References
- 2011 Kosovo Census results
- "Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011". Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- Црква у Самодрежи поново претворена у јавни тоалет (in Serbian).
- Cultural monuments in Serbia: The Church of St. John the Baptist (web-page of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts) (in Serbian)
External links
Media related to Samodreža at Wikimedia Commons
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