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The countryside of Kosovo

The road from the town of Peja (Peć) to Montenegro in the Prokletije mountains leads through the Rugova Canyon (Gryka e Rugovës or, in Serbian, Rugovska klisura), a 25 km long canyon. It is a popular place with visitors.

To the south west of the town of Prizreni (Prizren) are the Shar mountains (Malet e Sharrit or, in Serbian, Šar Planina) with its ski resort of Brezovica, 900 m to 2500 m above sea level and the valley of the Bistrica river near the Albanian border. Between the villages of Zhuri (Žur) and Vërbnica herdboys could be seen, playing on their home-made flutes in a beautiful rural setting.

40 km south of Prishtina is Ferizaji, a town of about 170,000 inhabitants. Its name derives from a pre-1873 hotel owned by a local Kosovo Albanian named Feriz Shashivari; its Serbian name Урошевац (Uroševac) comes from the medieval Stefan Uroš V of Serbia, Saint Uroš, who is commemorated by a cathedral in the town. The mosque and the church located in the centre of Ferizaji/Uroševac are considered as a symbol of religious tolerance between Albanian Muslims and Serbian Orthodox. The mosque was destroyed during World War II, but then rebuild. Both buildings remained undamaged during the Kosovo War of 1999, although some of its Albanian-populated neighborhoods were shelled and burned by the Yugoslav Army.

	Rugova Canyon	Shar Mountains	Making cheese	Bistrica river
	Playing a flute	Herd boys	Recording flute players	Albanian herd boy
	Along the river	Albanian family	Man on the bridge	Church and mosque, Ferizaji

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