Pine of Tsar Dušan
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Pine of Tsar Dušan was located in the courtyard of the old Saint Archangels Church, in the village cemetery in Gornje Nerodimlje, Uroševac
, Kosovo
. The pine tree was planted in 1336 by Emperor Dušan (r. 1331-1355).
tree as a relict, endemic tree was the decoration of Šar Mountains with its huge size. Pine was over 25 meters high, 1.5 meters wide, crust thickness 10 cm, and it was in a good health. Pine was visited by various delegations and admired them. King Aleksandar Karađorđević in 1926 placed on it memorial plaque with the year of planting. As a historical monument and natural rarity, the pine tree was placed under state protection in 1961. It was given suggestion by state institutions for nature protection, that Šar Mountains National Park should be nominated for world natural heritage under UNESCO
protection, because of its biological, geographical, ethnic varieties and cultural and historical heritage. As part of this nomination this Old pine tree was included in the proposal. Saint Archangels Church in Nerodimlje was, together with Pine of Tsar Dušan added on Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance
list by the Republic of Serbia in 1961.
remained, which was later burned completely. As the entire complex was destroyed, there are no visible traces of the Tzar Dušan's Pine today.
Uroševac
Ferizaj or Uroševac is a city and municipality in southern Kosovo, located some south of the capital Pristina.Uroševac is the third most populous city in Kosovo, after Pristina and Prizren.It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district...
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. The pine tree was planted in 1336 by Emperor Dušan (r. 1331-1355).
History
The old pinePine
Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
tree as a relict, endemic tree was the decoration of Šar Mountains with its huge size. Pine was over 25 meters high, 1.5 meters wide, crust thickness 10 cm, and it was in a good health. Pine was visited by various delegations and admired them. King Aleksandar Karađorđević in 1926 placed on it memorial plaque with the year of planting. As a historical monument and natural rarity, the pine tree was placed under state protection in 1961. It was given suggestion by state institutions for nature protection, that Šar Mountains National Park should be nominated for world natural heritage under UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
protection, because of its biological, geographical, ethnic varieties and cultural and historical heritage. As part of this nomination this Old pine tree was included in the proposal. Saint Archangels Church in Nerodimlje was, together with Pine of Tsar Dušan added on Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance
Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)
Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance are the monuments in the Republic of Serbia that have the highest level of the State protection, and some of them are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites....
list by the Republic of Serbia in 1961.
Destruction
In July 1999, Albanian extremists burned and destroyed the pine, the old monastery church of St. Archangel and the whole orthodox village cemetery, before the eyes of the international community. Only the stumpTree stump
After a tree has been cut and felled, the stump or tree stump is usually a small remaining portion of the trunk with the roots still in the ground. Stumps may show the age-defining rings of a tree. The study of these rings is known as dendrochronology....
remained, which was later burned completely. As the entire complex was destroyed, there are no visible traces of the Tzar Dušan's Pine today.
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- Monuments of Culture of Exceptional ImportanceMonuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance are the monuments in the Republic of Serbia that have the highest level of the State protection, and some of them are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites....
- List of trees