Zatrič Fortress

Zatrič or Zatriq (Serbian Cyrillic: Затрич; Albanian: Zatriqi) is a fortress in Kosovo, whose ruins are located near the village Zatrić (old name: Zatrič), ten kilometers north of Rahovec. It is located at the top of Gradište, 1,013 meters above sea level, which dominates the valley of White Drin and Prizren.

Zatrič consists of the upper town, located at the very top, around which down town was spread. Top Gradište has a shape that resembles a sharp tooth or beak, with southern and eastern sides protected by isolated and sharp rocks that, in some places, reach up to 50 meters. On its north side, there is a natural plateau, on which research discovered ceramics and brick remains were discovered, contours of four-squared and polygonal facilities, and the basis of towers and ramps, which were connected the lower town to upper town.

Historical records have no information on it, while Jastrebov believes that it was an old Byzantine fort, larger than in one Prizren, which could house thousands of people.

Text adapted from “Zatriq (fortress)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Zatrič Fortress ranks #7,116 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 11 mapped in Kosovo. The nearest day-trip guide is Prizren, 25 km away. See how Kosovo compares in the castle statistics.

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