Settlement

Cecelia

Municipality Vushtrri

Cecelia is in the municipality of Vushtrri. An Ottoman register from 1530 documents the settlement under the form Çeçelije. A later register from 1566 documents the settlement under the form Çeçilja with 35 households and 11 unmarried men.

A historical document from 1763 mentions the settlement. For 1998–99, the source documents burning by Serbian/Yugoslav police. The source records burning connected with a documented historical conflict.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 16.

Source entry: CECELIA

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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