Vrelo (Istok)

Coordinates: 42°46′14″N 20°24′16″E / 42.77056°N 20.40444°E / 42.77056; 20.40444 Vrelo (until 1992 official name was Vrela) (Serbian: Врело, Vrelo; Albanian: Vrellë/Tedeli) is a village in Istok municipality.

Demography

The village has Albanian ethnic majority.

History

Vrelo was first mentioned in written sources in 1397, when Princess Milica of Serbia donated Vrela hamlet to Visoki Dečani monasteryп. In census form 1485 monastery of Our Lady of Hvosno with 5 monks is mentioned. For a time monastery elder was Makarije Sokolović, future Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Near the monastery are remains of an unnamed fort, and high above the place several hermitages have been found.

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