Manastirica | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kosovo |
Coordinates: | 42.135°N 20.8053°W |
Subdivision Type: | Location |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Prizren |
Subdivision Name2: | Prizren |
Population Total: | 1107 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Manastirica (Serbian: Манастирица; Albanian: Manastiricë; Bosnian: Manastirica) is a village in the Prizren Municipality in southern Kosovo, close to the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia.
The village of Manastirica was settled by construction workers who took part in the construction of the Visoki Dečani Monastery in the early 1300s. As a sign of gratitude for their work, these workers were gifted the village of Manastirica to settle by the Serbian king Stefan Dečanski following completion of the build.
The village is almost exclusively inhabited by Bosniaks.[2]