Settlement

Arbëri (Leskoveci)

Municipality Prizren

Arbëri (Leskoveci) is in the municipality of Prizren. A historical document from 1365 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1530 documents the settlement under the form Leskofça.

An Ottoman register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Leskofc. For 1998–99, the source documents destruction. The evidence includes older burial grounds, pointing to earlier habitation. The source records migration of residents to Turkey.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 18.

Source entry: ARBËRI (Leskoveci)

This page presents a selected part of a much more extensive published settlement study. For detailed archival references, family histories, local toponyms and the complete settlement record, consult the original volume.

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