Settlement

Belegu

Municipality Decan

Belegu is in the municipality of Decan. A historical document from 1330 mentions the settlement under the form Belezi. An Ottoman register from 1485 documents the settlement.

A later register from 1582 documents the settlement with 27 households and 6 unmarried men. For 1998–99, the source documents expulsion and burning by Serbian/Yugoslav police. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include older burial grounds. Historical notes mention a monastery in the settlement area.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 11.

Source entry: BELEGU

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.