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Historic Centers in Kosovo September 2015, Prizren Non-Governmental Organization Emancipimi Civil Ma Ndryshe EC MA NDRYSHE RESEARCH REPORT ERASING THE TRACES – Historic Centers in Kosovo September 2015, Prizren TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 2 II. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 2 IV. Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 4 IV. State of Historic Centers .......................................................................................................... 4 Prishtina Historic Center ............................................................................................................ 4 Prizren Historic Center ............................................................................................................... 5 Gjakova Historic Center ............................................................................................................. 7 Mitrovica Historic Center ........................................................................................................... 8 Rahovec Historic Center ........................................................................................................... 10 Gjilan Historic Center ............................................................................................................... 11 Peja Historic Center .................................................................................................................. 12 Vushtrri Historic Center ............................................................................................................ 14 V. Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 16 VI. Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 17 EC Ma Ndryshe .......................................................................................................................... 18 This Report was prepared as part of the “Urbanism Watch – Urbanism of Prizren under Constant Watch” Project, made possible through support provided by the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society. The content and positions expressed herein are those of EC Ma Ndryshe Non-Governmental Organization. OJQ EC Ma Ndryshe Rr. Saraçët 5, 20000/Prizren ~ Rr. Perandori Dioklecian, 15/4, 10000/Prishtinë www.ecmandryshe.org ~ [email protected] ~ 038-224-967 & 029-222-771 I. Executive Summary II. Introduction The purpose of this brief research report is to Urban sprawl represents a growing concern provide a general overview on the protection worldwide. A core problem with urban sprawl status of urban historic centers in Kosovo. In a is the threat it poses to the delicate cultural series of advocacy efforts on urban order, and environmental heritage, at a state that halting heritage degradation and promoting could escalate to permanent and irreversible sustainable development for the citizens of damages Kosovo, EC Ma Ndryshe this time around Historic urban areas or historic cores focuses the discussion on the historic centers represent some of the most important and of several cities in Kosovo. Due to postwar diverse manifestations of our common construction chaos, urbanism regulation cultural heritage, which were created by violations, institutional neglect, lack of various generations, thus representing coordination between key central and local important evidence of the past and the institutions in the field of heritage and spatial present, of endeavors and aspirations of planning, as well as lack of permanent legal humanity worldwide.1 These represent protection, and many other factors, these defined city zones, consisting of a centers are increasingly suffering irreversible concentrated number of buildings/ensembles, damage and run the risk of erasing the which hold one or more values complete collective memory of these cities. interconnected in the historical, architectural, This research, for the moment, is not archeological or cultural aspect.2 They intended to provide an answer to all the represent the main artifacts that shape a problems emerging from the urban chaos we city’s collective memory and the identity that face in our cities daily, nonetheless it seeks to a community relates to. identify some of the instances that contribute, Traces of settlements from the earliest increasingly day by day, to the degradation of periods of civilization are found in Kosovo. the historic cores in Kosovo. Urban historic Many archeological locations provide centers in Kosovo are disappearing and it is evidence of urban centers, long extinct. the utter responsibility of all Kosovo citizens However, a number of these settlements, due to keep them alive, and that of the Kosovo to their geographical position, administration, institutions in particular, which should provide economy, trade and geostrategic importance mechanisms for preventing the degradation continued to develop and grow, and and promote heritage in support of a represent the foundation for the cities we sustainable development of our cities. inhabit today. One of the basic features of Therefore, we hope that this brief report, these cities is that they developed raising concerns over the state of our historic spontaneously throughout the ages, to centers, shall serve as an excuse for further in- include the period of the Ottoman Empire depth professional research on problems rule. In their urban structure, we fail to find regarding the protection of historic centers composed ensembles: planned squares, and precipitate the tackling of issues that grouped public buildings, public gardens that pertain to the protection and conservation of these common goods in general. 1 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, including a glossary of definitions (10 November 2011); http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php- URL_ID=48857&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=20 1.html, accessed on July 21, 2015 2 Ibidem 3 are planted and shaped in a planned fashion, over the House of Emin Gjiku in Prishtina, Peja etc. This is how the key feature of the urban Bazaar, Gjakova Bazaar, etc. structures of these cities emerged: an enormous irregularity in all basic elements of The late 70s of the last century, mark the 3 making of first efforts to draft detailed urban roads, blocks, squares, riverbanks, etc. However, the growth and modernization of plans and studies to establish laws and these cities, since the post World War II conservation principles for those areas, as well as restricting construction activities period, though this time, in contrast to earlier spontaneous developments, is carried out within historic city cores, such as the case of according to plans drafted by urbanism the Gjakova Bazaar Study, where a detailed study was drafted, determining the rules and professionals, among other things, aiming to the laws for interventions. At this time period, establish order, introduce basic infrastructure and improve quality of life in the city, start the “Detailed Urban Plan of the City’s Historic erasing traces of the city’s past. Such Area with the Craft Center” was developed, which also regulates the nature of the urban destructive interventions, in the majority of cases were driven by the ideological reading development of that part of the city. of the city’s memory, and not infrequently During the last war in Kosovo, warfare did not such ruthless interventions aimed to spare the architectural heritage. Individual accomplish the priorities of an modern construction and entire ensembles, including urbanization agenda, which were the creation the entire historic cores in cities such as of sufficient spaces for modern developments, Gjakova, Peja, Mitrovica, were targeted for such as multi-residential buildings, modern massive destruction. The after war period administration buildings, automobile roads, found Kosovo cities with destroyed etc. Consequent to these interventions today infrastructure and entire neighborhoods there are no traces left of the Prishtina Bazaar devastated. The reconstruction momentum, (Çarshia), Mitrovica Bazaar, Prizren Arasta initially pushed by the need for emergency Bazaar, etc. shelter, and later driven by private interests, given the initial legal vacuum, and above all At the same time, first efforts are made to place under state protection special buildings, negligence by local government institutions, ensembles, bazaars, etc. The 50s of last later proved to have had almost fatal consequences for the architectural heritage, century, while basic charters for the protection of cultural heritage (Athens and especially in the historic cores. In some cities, Venice Charters) were already enacted what was claimed to be the old part of town around the world, mark the start of the legal was populated with tall buildings, placed in close proximity, without compliance to any protection of several buildings and ensembles, and the determination of areas urban or construction norms. In many cities, referred to as Old Town, old area, or similar. the historical urban landscape was damaged, if not totally effaced, and there are few Since then we’ve had attempts to determine the Prishtina old zone4, protection established elements left to reminisce on what that part of the city
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