Vushtrri
Vushtrri is a city and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo. Vushtrri has a population of 61,528 and a total area of 345 km2, which accounts for approximately 3.2% of the territory of Kosovo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 27,000 residents
- Description: town in Kosovo
- Also known as: “Viciana”, “Vicianum”, “Viçitrina”, and “Vučitrn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stone Bridge, Vushtrri and Vushtrri Castle.
Stone Bridge, Vushtrri
Photo: Photo Balkan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stone Bridge or Vojinović Bridge is a medieval bridge located in Vushtrri, Kosovo. It dates from the end of the 14th or early 15th century, and according to legend, was built by two brothers from the Vojinović noble family.
Vushtrri Castle
Castle
Photo: Mrinë Godanca, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vushtrri Castle or Old Tower are city fortifications in Vushtrri, Kosovo. It was the seat of despot Đurađ Branković. Later chroniclers are noted that the fort itself is derived from the times of Dušan, and that it is an old fortress with a tower in the middle of the town.
Old Hamam
Photo: Arbenllapashtica, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Hamam of Vushtrri is one of the oldest and most prominent monuments in Vushtrri, Kosovo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gojbulja and Sllatina, Vushtrri.
Gojbulja
Village
Gojbulja or Gojbulë is a settlement in the Vushtrri municipality of Kosovo. The rural settlement lies on a cadastral area with the same name, with 692 hectares. Gojbulja is situated 3½ km northeast of Vushtrri.
Sllatina, Vushtrri
Village
Photo: Iliri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sllatinë or Slatina is a village in Kosovo located in the municipality of Vushtrri and in the district of Mitrovicë. According to the Kosovo census of 2011, it has 491 inhabitants, all of whom are Albanians. Sllatina, Vushtrri is situated 3½ km north of Vushtrri.
Vushtrri
- Category: locality
- Location: Mitrovica District, Kosovo, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.8219° or 42° 49′ 19″ northLongitude
20.9674° or 20° 58′ 3″ eastPopulation
27,000Elevation
529 metres (1,736 feet)Open location code
8GJ2RXC8+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 448726882OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
784097Wikidata ID
Q911241
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Vushtrri” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Viciana”
- Albanian: “Vicianum”
- Albanian: “Vuçitërnë”
- Albanian: “Vushtrri”
- Albanian: “Vushtrria”
- Arabic: “فوشيتري”
- Armenian: “Վուչիտրն”
- Asturian: “Vushtrri”
- Belarusian: “Вучытрн”
- Bosnian: “Vučitrn”
- Bulgarian: “Вучитрън”
- Cebuano: “Vushtrri”
- Chinese: “武契特尔恩”
- Chinese: “武契特爾恩”
- Croatian: “Vučitrn”
- Czech: “Vučitrn”
- Czech: “Vushtrri”
- Czech: “Vushtrria”
- Dutch: “Vucitrn”
- Dutch: “Vučitrn”
- Dutch: “Vushtrri”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فوشيترى”
- Finnish: “Vučitrn”
- Finnish: “Vushtrri”
- Finnish: “Vushtrria”
- French: “Vucitrn”
- French: “Vučitrn”
- French: “Vushtrri”
- French: “Vushttri”
- German: “Vucitrn”
- German: “Vučitrn”
- German: “Vushtrri”
- German: “Vushtrria”
- Greek: “Βούτσιτρν/Βουστρρί”
- Hebrew: “ווצ’יטרן”
- Hungarian: “Vučitrn”
- Indonesian: “Vučitrn”
- Italian: “Vučitrn”
- Italian: “Vushtrri”
- Italian: “Vushtrria”
- Japanese: “ヴシュトリ”
- Japanese: “ヴシュトリア”
- Japanese: “ヴチトルン”
- Latin: “Vicianum”
- Lithuanian: “Vučitrnas”
- Macedonian: “Вучитрн”
- Northern Frisian: “Vushtrri”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vushtrri”
- Norwegian: “Vushtrri”
- Persian: “ووچیترن”
- Polish: “Vucitrn”
- Polish: “Vučitrn”
- Portuguese: “Vučitrn”
- Portuguese: “Vushtrri”
- Romanian: “Vucitrn”
- Romanian: “Vučitrn”
- Romanian: “Vushtrri”
- Russian: “Вучитрн”
- Serbian: “Vučitrn”
- Serbian: “Вучитрн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Vučitrn”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vučitrn”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vushtrri”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vushtrria”
- Slovenian: “Vučitrn”
- Spanish: “Vushtrri”
- Swedish: “Vicianum”
- Swedish: “Vucitrn”
- Swedish: “Vučitrn”
- Swedish: “Vushtrri (kommunhuvudort)”
- Swedish: “Vushtrri”
- Turkish: “Vıçıtırın”
- Turkish: “Vılçıtrın”
- Turkish: “Vuçitërn”
- Turkish: “Vuçıtırın”
- Turkish: “Vulçıtrın”
- Ukrainian: “Вучитрн”
- Welsh: “Vučitrn”
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