Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Prizren)

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Albanian: Katedralja Katolike e Zojës Ndihmëtare; Serbian Cyrillic: Катедрала Госпе од Непрестане Помоћи Serbian Latin: Katedrala Gospe od Neprestane Pomoći) also known as Precinct of the Lady Helper Church and Con-cathedral of the Lady Helper. Is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prizren, Kosovo, seat of the Albanian Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina.

History

The Cathedral of Prizren was commissioned in 1870 by Dario Bucciarelli, Archbishop of Skopje. Its clocktower was built by Thomas Glasnovic, a Croatian monk and architect. The cathedral among its frescoes features in the north side of the church a fresco of Skanderbeg painted in 1883 by Gjergj Panariti an Albanian monk and painter from Korçë.

References

• Official web page of the diocese (English)
• Catholic Church web page (Albanian)
• Kosovo By Gail Warrander, Verena Knaus https://books.google.com/books?id=GCRjKdrmqqEC
• List of Churches: http://www.metaltraveller.com/en/trips/kosovo/prizren_churches.html
• Openstreetmap location
• Report on Churches in Kosovo
• Archeological Report of Prizren
• Images and more images

42.2068°N 20.7374°E / 42.2068; 20.7374