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[Varda]

Ottomans few times tried to convert Visoki Dečani in mosque or destory, but they failed. Always happened miracles and Ottomans withdrew. I have about miracles related with Visoki Dečani in one book.

[Dušan]

In Ottoman time some Albanian families protected Visoki Dečani, and it was tradition inside of families through generations.

This is Ljeviška church in heart of city of Prizren that we also visited. Albanians attacked this church in March pogroms in 2004 and took bells.

[Varda]

This is Ljeviška church in heart of city of Prizren that we also visited. Albanians attacked this church in March pogroms in 2004 and took bells.

In Ottoman time Albanian beys have desecrated Ljeviška, they used material from church for mosque in Prizren. According to some historians Ljeviška in some period was converted in mosque.

[Dušan]

In Ottoman time Albanian beys have desecrated Ljeviška, they used material from church for mosque in Prizren. According to some historians Ljeviška in some period was converted in mosque.

It was from monastery of Saint Archangels near Prizren.
Its material was used for build Sinan pasha mosque in Prizren.

This is remnants of that medieval Orthodox monastery that was build by Dušan emperor.

[Varda]

It was from monastery of Saint Archangels near Prizren.
Its material was used for build Sinan pasha mosque in Prizren.

This is remnants of that medieval Orthodox monastery that was build by Dušan emperor.

Yes, I confused Ljeviška with Saint Archangels. I am not in form today.

[Varda]

Sopoćani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopoćani

[Aspirin]

This XIIth century church from Western Ukraine is interesting, a mix of Byzantine and Romanesque. Is builded before the conquest of Galicia by Poles, other churches from that time didn't survived after the conquest.









The dome was rebuilded recently.

[Varda]

Jazak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazak_Monastery

[Aspirin]

Church inside Khotyn Fortress in Chernivtsi Oblast, today Ukraine. The only example of a Moldavian church builded inside a castle/fortress. Is builded in the second half of XVth century.

[Varda]

This is good maps, too.



From where settlers came:



In which settlements they settled:

Among Dalmatian Serbs most colonists in Vojvodina after WW2 were from Vrlika, Sinj and Knin areas. From Drniš area, Bukovica and Ravni Kotari there was very few colonists.
Which villages were effected with colonization it's visible from censuses before and after WW2.

Examples of villages effected by colonization (since Serbs in Dalmatia are preserved of ustashian genocide and brother war between chetniks and partisans was not so bloody as in some other regions, significant reduction of population in some villages after WW2 was mostly due to colonization):
Koljane - census 1931 1918 inhabitants / census 1948 1379 inhabitants https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кољане#Становништво
Otišić - census 1931 1957 inhabitants / census 1948 1668 inhabitants https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Отишић#Становништво
Garjak - census 1931 967 inhabitants / census 1948 790 inhabitants https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гарјак#Становништво
Vrbnik - census 1931 1993 inhavitants / census 1948 1524 inhabitants http://www.tromedja.rs/index.php?opt...ajina&Itemid=3

Many Serbian villages in Dalmatia had more population after than before WW2, few examples:
Biočić - census 1931 839 inhabitants / census 1948 863 inhabitants https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Биочић#Становништво
Velušić - census 1931 541 inhabitants / census 1948 620 inhabitants https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Велушић#Становништво
Plavno - census 1931 2403 inhabitants / census 1948 2573 inhabitants https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Плавно#Демографија_Плавна
Strmica - census 1931 1472 inhabitants / census 1948 1730 inhabitants http://www.tromedja.rs/index.php?opt...ajina&Itemid=3
Nos Kalik - census 1931 173 inhabitants / census 1948 250 inhabitants https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нос_Калик#Становништво