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Church of St. Nicholas, Slovinje

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Location
  
Slovinje, Kosovo

Year consecrated
  
16th century

Affiliation
  
Serbian Orthodox

Church of St. Nicholas (Serbian: Црква Светог Николе / Crkva Svetog Nikole) was a Serbian Orthodox church located in Slovinje, in the municipality of Lipljan, Kosovo. It was completely destroyed by Albanian extremists in 1999.

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History

The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was built in the 16th century. The first time it was demolished was in the 19th century and all construction material was sold to the company that built Kosovo railway (1871-1873). The church was rebuilt in 1996. After the arrival of the British KFOR troops in June 1999, the temple was destroyed by Albanian extremists. On 17 July 1999 the church was dynamited and destroyed to the ground.

  • Cultural monuments in Serbia: Church of St. Nicholas (web-page of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
  • The list of destroyed and desecrated churches in Kosovo and Metohija june-october 1999 (Списак уништених и оскрнављених цркава на Косову и Метохији јун-октобар 1999)
  • The list of destroyed, burned and demolished churches (Spisak uništenih, spaljenih i demoliranih crkava), svetosavlje.org
  • St. Nicholas Center photo gallery

    • References

    Church of St. Nicholas, Slovinje Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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