Prizren

Prizren is a city and municipality located in the Prizren District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the city of Prizren has 85,119 inhabitants, while the municipality has 177,781 inhabitants.

Prizren is a historic city located on the banks of the Prizren Bistrica river, and on the slopes of the Šar Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit) in the southern part of Kosovo. The municipality has a border with Albania and North Macedonia.

By road the city is 99 kilometres (62 miles) northwest of Skopje, 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of Pristina and 175 kilometres (109 miles) northeast of Tirana.

Prizren is home to the annually held documentary film festival Dokufest.

The city is also home to numerous mosques, Orthodox and Catholic churches and other monuments. Among them:

• Sinan Pasha Mosque
• The Mosque of Muderis Ali Efendi
• Mosque Katip Sinan Qelebi
• Our Lady of Ljeviš church
• The St. George Cathedral
• Church of Holy Salvation
• Saint Archangels Monastery
• League of Prizren Monument
• Kaljaja fortress
• Church of St. Nicholas
• Church of St. Kyriaki
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
• The Lorenc Antoni Music school
• Theater
• Shuaip Pasha’s House
• Orthodox Seminary of Prizren