Settlement

Videja

Municipality Klina

Videja is in the municipality of Klina. A historical document from 1200 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1485 documents the settlement under the form Vodojina.

A later register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Vidanja. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include older burial grounds. The study records the settlement of 51 families during the colonisation period.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 3.

Source entry: VIDEJA

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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