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Vrelo, Istog

Coordinates: 42°46′14″N 20°24′16″E / 42.77056°N 20.40444°E / 42.77056; 20.40444
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Vrella
Village
Vrella is located in Kosovo
Vrella
Vrella
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°46′14″N 20°24′16″E / 42.77056°N 20.40444°E / 42.77056; 20.40444
LocationKosovo
DistrictPeja
MunicipalityIstog
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
2,641
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Vrella (Serbian Cyrillic: Врело) or Vrellë (in Albanian), formerly Vrela (Врела) or Tedel (former Name in Albanian) is a village in Istog municipality, Kosovo.

Demography

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The village has an Albanian ethnic majority.[1]

History

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Vrelo was first mentioned in written sources in 1397, when Princess Milica of Serbia donated the Vrela hamlet to Visoki Dečani monastery. In census from 1485 monastery of Our Lady of Hvosno with 5 monks is mentioned. For a time monastery elder was Makarije Sokolović, future Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Near the monastery are remains of an unnamed fort, and high above the place several hermitages have been found.[citation needed] In the upper part of the village the ruins of an old illyro-dardan church from byzantine times have been found - confirming the existance of the village during illyrian-albanian rule.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. ^ "Databaza e Trashëgimisë Kulturore të Kosovës". web.archive.org. 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2024-11-25.