The strategy for the regeneration of the Gjakova Bazaar
The urban ensemble of the Grand Bazaar in Gjakova dates from c. XVI of the Ottoman period and has 525 important buildings. It is known as the largest bazaar in the South Eastern Europe. The Bazaar has served for crafts, trade and central administration of that time. Today it is a cultural-historical, touristic, commercial and […]
Heritage brings together children of two different communities
During December 2013 – September 2014, co-organized by the CHwB Kosovo office and two local NGOs from Dragash “Center” and “Renaissance”, the project “Let’s recognize our cultural heritage” was implemented. Within this project, various educational site visits across different cultural heritage sites were organized. The purpose of these visits was the inclusion and recognition of […]
Local heritage in the agenda of the Children Song Festival
“Lyra Fest”, an activity already proven in the nationwide cultural scene, especially in the field of music for children, has gathered children, singers, composers, orchestra, text writers, dancers and instrumentalists from the best and brightest in the Albanian speaking regions, whose joint work has made this edition to be the best one organized so far. […]
Restoration of the St. Demetrius temple in the village of Sušica
During spring of 2014, blessed by Bishop Theodosius and initiated with wholehearted devotion of administer of the temple, father Sava Šmigić, as well as by the generous help of local residents, began the restoration of the temple. The temple dedicated to St. Demetrius is located in the edge of village Sušica, within the municipality of […]
Local heritage plans presented at international platform
From 3rd to 6th February 2015 in Arenberg Castle of the city of Leuven (Belgium) was held an International Conference “HERITAGE COUNTS” on the economic, social, environmental and cultural impact of heritage. The four-day agenda included more than 30 presentations about discourse, strategies and case studies dealing with the economic, social, environmental and cultural impacts […]
The public discussion for the Great Hamam of Prishtina
On the 11th of March 2015, at 17:00, in the Municipal Assembly of Prishtina, was held a public discussion focused in the restoration process of the Great Hammam of Prishina and re-evaluation of the current condition of the building in order to give it a proper function. Moderated by Bekim Ramku, the panel gathered a […]