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Prizren
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Prizren (prēz`rĕn), city (1991 pop. 92,303), S Serbia, in the Kosovo Kosovo Field, Serbo-Croatian Kosovo Polje [field of the black birds], the Turks under Sultan Murad I defeated Serbia and its Bosnian, Montenegrin, Bulgarian, and other allies in 1389.
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 region. It is a commercial center with industries that produce textiles, wood products, and filigree silver jewelry. Prizren is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop and of an Orthodox Eastern bishop. An important medieval trade center, the city reached its height as capital (1376–89) of Serbia under Stephen Dušan Stephen Dušan or Dushan
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, who is buried in a nearby monastery. In Prizren are numerous ancient churches and monasteries, some in ruins.


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