Castle
Vushtrri Castle
🇽🇰 Kosovo
The Vushtrri Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Vushtrrisë; Serbian: Војиновића Кула) or Old Tower (Albanian: Kulla e Vjetër; Serbian: Vojinovića Kula) are city fortifications in Vushtrri, Kosovo. It was the seat of despot Đurađ Branković (1427–1456). Later chroniclers (Ami Boué, Aleksandar Giljferding) are noted that the fort itself is derived from the times of Dušan, and that it is an old fortress with a tower in the middle of the town.
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Vushtrri Castle ranks #4,478 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 11 mapped in Kosovo. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Prizren, 68 km away. See how Kosovo compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Vushtrri Castle?
Vushtrri Castle stands in Kosovo, at 42.82211°, 20.96784°.
How famous is Vushtrri Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,478 of 8,133 worldwide, and #5 in Kosovo. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Vushtrri Castle?
Duboc Fortress, about 8 km away.
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