Vërbiçan

Vërbiçan is a village in , and has an elevation of 1,007 metres. Vërbiçan is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Kosovo
  • Also known as: “Verbican”, “Vërbiçani”, and “Vrbičane”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of the Holy Archangels and Prizren Fortress.

Monastery
Photo: Sonaz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in , . The monastery was founded by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan between 1343 and 1352 on the site of an earlier church, part of the Višegrad fortress complex.

Photo: Mladifilozof, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hilltop fortification in in . It overlooks the Prizren River which flows through Prizren, which developed around the fortress. is situated 3½ km west of Vërbiçan.

Mosque
Photo: Photo Balkan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Ottoman-era in the city of , built by the Ottoman Albanian pasha Sofi Sinan in 1615. The mosque overlooks the main street of Prizren and is a dominant feature in the town's skyline. is situated 4 km west of Vërbiçan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dojnice and Pousko (Kucina).

Village
Dojnica is an abandoned village in the Prizren Municipality of Kosovo.

Village
Photo: Berath2013, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Asmin Alija, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Skorobišta is a village in Prizren Municipality, . is situated 3½ km northeast of Vërbiçan.

Vërbiçan

Latitude
42.20634° or 42° 12′ 23″ north
Longitude
20.78768° or 20° 47′ 16″ east
Elevation
1,007 metres (3,304 feet)
Open location code
8GJ26Q4Q+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3847449348
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
784189
Wiki­data ID
Q16511727
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Turkish—“Vërbiçan” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Urbiçan”
  • Albanian: “Vërbiçan”
  • Albanian: “Vërbiçani”
  • Albanian: “Vërbiqan”
  • Dutch: “Vrbičane”
  • French: “Vrbičane”
  • German: “Vërbiçan”
  • German: “Vrbičane”
  • Italian: “Vrbičane”
  • Macedonian: “Врбичане”
  • Serbian: “Vrbičane”
  • Serbian: “Врбичане”
  • Turkish: “Vërbiçani”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Duvska Klisura and Monastery of the Holy Archangels.

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