Church of St. John the Baptist, Samodreža

Vushtrri Municipality, Kosovo

The Church of St John the Baptist (Serbian, Crkva Svetog Jovana Preteče) also known as the Church of St. Lazar (Serbian, Crkva Sv. Lazara, Albanian: Kisha e Shën Llazarit) in Samodreža, six kilometers east of Vushtrri, Kosovo, is a Serbian Orthodox Church dedicated to the Beheading of St John the Baptist. The church mentioned in the Serbian tradition as the location where the army of Prince Lazar gathered for the Battle of Kosovo (1389). The current building was built in 1932 and was heavily damaged during the Kosovo War and 2004 unrest.

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