Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša in Prizren

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Serbian Orthodox church UNESCO World Heritage Site component cultural heritage monument medieval church

The Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša in Prizren is a medieval Serbian Orthodox church renowned for its 14th-century frescoes and inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša	1
Bogorodica Ljeviška Church in Prizren	1
Church of the Holy Mother of God Ljeviška in Prizren (reconstruction)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Serbian Orthodox church ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ medieval church ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Byzantine architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbo-Byzantine architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtUnder	Stefan Uroš II Milutin NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStart	early 14th century ⓘ
country	Kosovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Virgin Mary ⓘ
dedication	Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination	Serbian Orthodox NERFINISHED ⓘ
diocese	Eparchy of Raška and Prizren NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	domed cross-in-square plan ⓘ narthex with fresco decoration ⓘ stone and brick construction ⓘ
hasFrescoesFrom	1300s ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Medieval Monuments in Kosovo NERFINISHED ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageProtection	Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia) ⓘ
heritageStatus	endangered ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ Europe ⓘ Prizren NERFINISHED ⓘ Prizren District NERFINISHED ⓘ Prizren Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearRiver	Bistrica (Prizren Bistrica) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	14th-century frescoes ⓘ medieval wall paintings ⓘ
originalFunction	cathedral church of Prizren NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Medieval Monuments in Kosovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
patron	King Stefan Milutin NERFINISHED ⓘ
rebuiltIn	early 14th century ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousAffiliation	Serbian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
restoration	subject to conservation and restoration works ⓘ
sufferedDamage	Kosovo conflict 1999 ⓘ March 2004 unrest in Kosovo ⓘ
UNESCOEndangeredListingYear	2006 ⓘ
UNESCOList	List of World Heritage in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSerialPropertyComponentOf	Medieval Monuments in Kosovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear	2004 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	724 ⓘ
usedAs	mosque (Ottoman period) ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eparchy of Raška and Prizren → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša in Prizren ⓘ

Stefan Uroš II Milutin → built → Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša in Prizren ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bogorodica Ljeviška Church in Prizren

King Milutin of Serbia → built → Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša in Prizren ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of the Holy Mother of God Ljeviška in Prizren (reconstruction)

Medieval Monuments in Kosovo World Heritage serial property → hasPart → Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša in Prizren ⓘ

subject surface form: Medieval Monuments in Kosovo

this entity surface form: Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša