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Introducing Kosovo
The ebb and flow of Islam and Orthodox Christianity has left Kosovo a legacy of several artistically beautiful buildings, such as Gračanica Monastery near Prishtina, Decani Monastery near Peja, and the Sinan Pasha Mosque in Prizren. These all escaped the violence of 1999 and 2004.
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The countryside is visually attractive - wide-open plains in some places and rolling hills patchworked with fields in others. Rearing up behind Peja in the southwest are tall mountains, often snow-clad, and including Djeravica (2656m), the tallest mountain in pre-1999 Serbia. Further east, nearer Macedonia, the mountains provide the ski slopes of Brezovica.
Serb influence in the province has ended, and been replaced by an Albanian one. In Prishtina new monuments celebrate Albanian heroes while the displays in the museums of Prishtina and Prizren are exploring the province's Illyrian and Albanian past.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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