Pristina
Sightseeing

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A folly of Serbian nationalist aspirations, the Serbian Othodox Cathedral is the unfinished, hulking brick shell of a church on Sheshi Hasan Prishtina, the field beside the national library. Read_on (1 Comment)

These three 15-metre high columns joining near the top symbolise the 'unity and brotherhood' (a favourite Yugoslav slogan) of the the three peoples of Kosovo (Albanians, Serbs and Montenegrins). Read_on (1 Comment)

Unleashed on a bewildered public in 1982, Pristina's extraordinary National Library was designed by the Croatian architect Andrija Mutnjakovic. Read_on (No Comments)

Topping the Park of Martyrs at the top of Velania, the Yugoslav-era Martyr's Monument honours the partisans that died during the liberation of the region in World War II. Read_on (No Comments)

The massive complex from 1977-1981 is an unmissable and spikey Pristina landmark, and a nice example of Yugoslav-era city planning. Read_on (No Comments)

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