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Kosovo Field, with disposition of Serbian and Ottoman troops before the Battle of Kosovo.

Gazimestan monument

Kosovo Field (Serbian Kosovo Polje Косово Поље "field of blackbirds") is a field in Kosovo, some 5 km northwest from Priština, at the confluence of the rivers Lab and Sitnica, and which supposedly is the site of the Battle of Kosovo which took place in 1389. Image File history File links Kosovo_Field. ... Image File history File links Kosovo_Field. ... Combatants Ottoman Empire Serbia Bosnia Commanders Murad I †, Bayezid I, Yakub † Lazar Hrebeljanović †, Vuk Branković, Vlatko Vuković Strength ~ 27,000-40,000[9][10][11] ~ 12,000-30,000[9][10][11][12] Casualties moderate amount; Sultan Murad I killed as a result of a ruse Extremely high; most of... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Country Province Government  - Mayor Ismet Beqiri Elevation 652 m (2,139 ft) Population (2000)[1]  - Total 550,000 - 600,000  - Density 661/km² (1,712/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code(s) +381 38 Website: PriÅ¡tina Municipality Bill Clinton Boulevard. ... Lab is a common shortened form for several terms and can refer to: Laboratory, a place where scientific research and experiments are conducted Lab, a people living in southern Albania Labrador, a region on the easternmost coast of Canada Labrador Retriever, a dog breed Lab color space, the most complete... The Sitnica (Albanian: Sitnicë; Serbian Cyrillic: Ситница), is a 90 km long river in Kosovo and Metohija province of Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro). ... Combatants Ottoman Empire Serbia Bosnia Commanders Murad I †, Bayezid I, Yakub † Lazar Hrebeljanović †, Vuk Branković, Vlatko Vuković Strength ~ 27,000-40,000[9][10][11] ~ 12,000-30,000[9][10][11][12] Casualties moderate amount; Sultan Murad I killed as a result of a ruse Extremely high; most of... Events February 24 - Margaret I defeats Albert in battle, thus becoming ruler of Denmark, Norway and Sweden June 28 - Battle of Kosovo between Serbs and Ottomans. ...

Gazimestan is the name a monument to the battle, situated a few km to the southeast of the actual field, situated on a hill rising some 50 m above the plain. It was built in 1953 under the authority of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in the shape of medieval tower designed by Aleksandar Deroko. The Kosovo Field is traversed by the main road across Kosovo (Skopje-Kraljevo), the monument is some 500 m off the road to the east The name is from Turkish gazi "hero", ultimately from Arabic ghazi "warrior". The monument was the location of the Gazimestan speech given by Slobodan Milošević on the 600th anniversary of that battle. Motto Brotherhood and Unity Anthem Hey, Slavs Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbo-Croatian (spoken throughout the territory), Slovenian, Macedonian, Albanian, Hungarian (all official), and languages of other nationalities. ... Aleksandar Deroko (September 4, 1894, Belgrade - November 30, 1988, Belgrade) was a famous Serbian architect, artist, and author. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Location of the city of Skopje (green) in the Republic of Macedonia Country Macedonia Municipality Government  - Mayor Trifun Kostovski Area  - Total 1,854 km² (715. ... Kraljevo 2006 Kraljevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљево,  ) is a city and municipality located in Serbia at , built beside the river Ibar, 7 km west of its confluence with the Zapadna Morava; and in the midst of an upland valley, between the Kotlenik Mountains, in the north, and the Stolovi Mountains, in the... Ghazi (March 21, 1912 - April 4, 1939) was king of Iraq from 1933 to 1939. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Gazimestan speech The Gazimestan speech was a speech given on 28 June 1989 by Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević, then President of Serbia. ... MiloÅ¡ević redirects here. ...

Eponymous of the field are the Ottoman Kosovo Province, and the town of Kosovo Polje (some 6 km to the southwest of the monument). The Yugoslav Kosovo District and more recently the Republic of Kosovo derive their name from that of the Ottoman province. The Province of Kosovo Albanian: Vilajeti i Kosovës; (Turkish: Kosova Vilayeti; Serbian: Косовски вилајет or Kosovski vilajet; Macedonian: Покраина на Косово or Pokraina na Kosovo) was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Peninsula only roughly corresponding to the current region of Kosovo. ... Kosovo Polje (Косово поље, Albanian: Fushë Kosovë) is a municipal located in Kosovo, at 42. ... Kosovo District within Kosovo and Metohija Kosovo District or Kosovski okrug on Serbian It includes the municipalities of: Podujevo Priština Uroševac Obilić Glogovac Lipljan Kosovo Polje Štimlje Kačanik It has a population of 672,292. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The monument is seen as a symbol of ethnic intolerance by the Albanian majority, as it advocates war and conflict of any Serb man or woman who comes to Kosovo and does not pick up arms.

See also

• Names of Kosovo

The province is best known as Kosovo - this name has been the most widely used by maps and gazetteers within Serbia and abroad. ...

External links

• http://www.yuheritage.com/pristina1.htm
• http://www.kosovo.net/news/archive/2006/October_03/5.html