Social:St. Peter's Basilica Church, Stari Trg

St. Peter's Church (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Pjetrit), known as the Latin Church (Serbian Cyrillic: Латинска црква) or the Saxon Church (Сашка црква), is an old Roman Catholic Church built in the 13th century, near Mitrovica in Kosovo. It is a Protected Monument of Culture since 1958 by the Republic of Serbia, and protected as a Cultural Heritage by the Republic of Kosovo.

The church was built by Saxon miners and Catholic merchants from the maritime cities during the Kingdom of Serbia. It was to serve the Catholic community needs and was firstly mentioned in 1303, in conjunction with the town of Trepča. In the 21st century the church is almost entirely in ruins and only the old part of the perimeter walls remains. The only wall standing is the main part of eastern wall, with three apses. The building is Basilica type. They shape and construction type of the walls is indicative of Byzantine influence.

See also

• Monuments in Mitrovica
• Stari Trg mine

Notes

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^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 14 later withdrew their recognition.

Sources

• SANU. "Латинска или Сашка црква". Споменици културе у Србији. http://spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs/spomenik.php?id=164. 
• Ministry of Culture of Kosovo, Ruševine Latinsko Katoličke crkve,saksa Sveti Petar (Mitrovica), Ministry of Culture of Kosovo, http://dtk.rks-gov.net/tkk_objekti_en.aspx?id=8