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Deçani (Albanian) or Dečani/Дечани (Serbian) is a town in eastern Kosovo, widely known for the Visoki Dečani monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church. Image File history File links Stop_hand. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (665x774, 29 KB) Deçan map, Kosova 2006 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dečani ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and by Serbs everywhere. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Christ Carrying the Cross. ... Early history The Serbs migrated to the Balkans during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius (610-641). ...

The monastery is situated in the western part of the UN administered Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohia. It was built between 1327 and 1335 by the Serbian medieval king, St. Stephen of Decani, and was dedicated to the Ascension of the Lord. The monastery is situated in the valley of the Bistrica river surrounded by the mountains and forests of the Prokletije mountain range. It is regarded as the largest and best preserved medieval monastery in Kosovo. During its turbulent history the monastery was an important spiritual center renowned for its artistic and intellectual activities. Although the monastery buildings suffered damage from the Turkish occupation, the church has been completely preserved complete with its 14th century fresco paintings. Today a young brotherhood of 30 brethren lives in the monastery maintaining the traditions of the past: religious services, icon painting, wood carving, book publishing and is also active in the missionary work. The beautiful monastic services are served according to the typicon of Mount Athos.

In 2004, UNESCO listed the monastery on the World Heritage List, citing its frescoes as "one of the most valued examples of the so-called Palaeologan renaissance in Byzantine painting" and "a valuable record of the life in the 14th century".

See also

Gjakova District
Gjakova District (Đakovica District) is a district in Kosovo with municipalities : Gjakovë / Đakovica Deçan / Dečani Rahovec / Orahovac External links Municipality Of Gjakova Category: ...

References

• OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe documents foundit in interet 2006: mik/2005/02/1181_en.pdf
• PTK - Post and Telecommunictions of Kosovo, J.S.C documents foundit in interet 2006:KodePostare.pdf
• ENKEO Electronic Network of Kosovar Environmental Organization documents foundit in interet 2006: decani.pdf
• IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions documents foundit in interet 2006 kosorepo.htm#_Toc480784381

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External links

• Municipality of Deçan - officel site
• OSCE Municipal Profile of Deçan / Decani
• SOK Kosovo and its population