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Vrella (Serbian Cyrillic: Врело) or Vrellë (in Albanian), formerly Vrela (Врела) is a village in Istog municipality, Kosovo.
Vrella
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Village | |
Coordinates: 42°46′14″N 20°24′16″E / 42.77056°N 20.40444°E | |
Location | Kosovo |
District | Peja |
Municipality | Istog |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,641 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Demography
editThe village has an Albanian ethnic majority.[1]
History
editVrelo was first mentioned in written sources in 1397, when Princess Milica of Serbia donated the Vrela hamlet to Visoki Dečani monastery. In census from 1485 monastery of Our Lady of Hvosno with 5 monks is mentioned. For a time monastery elder was Makarije Sokolović, future Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Near the monastery are remains of an unnamed fort, and high above the place several hermitages have been found.[citation needed]
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