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Church of Christ the Saviour, Pristina

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Town or city
  
Pristina

Owner
  
Disputed

Groundbreaking
  
1995

Country
  
Kosovo

Address
  
Prishtina

Church of Christ the Saviour, Pristina

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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 1995. Due to have been completed in 1999, its construction, on the campus of the pre-war University of Pristina, was interrupted by the Kosovo War.

History

Its construction was not welcomed by the predominantly Muslim population of Kosovo, and its future remains uncertain. Ownership of the building and the land on which it is located is disputed between the current University of Pristina and the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Seen as a symbol of the rule of Slobodan Milošević, various Kosovo Albanian intellectuals have called for its demolition.

References

Church of Christ the Saviour, Pristina Wikipedia


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