Photo: Wikipedia.orgAlong with all the other disputes between Belgrade and Pristina, the Kosovo Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports is asking Serbia to return to Kosovo a silver buckle from the 6th century AD that was discovered at the archaeological site of Ulpijan. Belgrade responds by recalling the systematic desecration of Orthodox holy sites
The archaeological site of the Roman and early Byzantine town of Ulpijan is located not far from the Gračanica monastery and covers an area of about 70 hectares. Archaeological research was started in 1953, but so far only a very small part of the site has been explored. According to the Gračanica Tourist Organization, numerous artifacts, jewelry, coins and a large number of mosaics were found. In 2016, Ulpijana was arranged for tourist visits and declared an archaeological park.
A silver buckle from the 6th century was also found at this archaeological site, which is located in Serbia and which, along with all other disputes, is the reason for the latest fighting and complaints on the Pristina-Belgrade route.
"This buckle made of silver from the 6th century AD was discovered in the northern necropolis of Ulpijan in the Republic of Kosovo. It is one of the 1247 exhibits of the Kosovo cultural heritage collection that Serbia has been illegally keeping for more than two decades. By not returning them to their place of origin, Serbia is violating UNESCO conventions, the agreement on return and the Ahtisaari document," announced the Kosovo Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, and reports KoSSev.
Answer from the Ministry of Culture of Serbia
The Ministry of Culture of Serbia immediately announced itself, as usual in such situations, by publishing photos of destroyed Orthodox churches. This time it was chosen for the church in Đurakovac, which was desecrated after the war, writes KoSSev.
"Due to persistent abuses by temporary institutions in Pristina, in an attempt to appropriate cultural heritage, the Ministry of Culture reminds that Serbia is a member of UNESCO and a signatory to cultural conventions, which it respects and implements with dedication," announced the Serbian Ministry of Culture.
And further: "The truth about Prishtina's attitude towards cultural heritage as a whole is best reflected in the fact that the Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija has been exposed to systematic desecration and destruction for decades, with the aim of erasing the traces of the existence of the Serbian people in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija".
The Ministry of Serbia concludes that this is why it is "extremely hypocritical for Pristina to refer to the UNESCO conventions, especially considering their attitude towards heritage and the fact that Serbian churches and monasteries are on the UNESCO list of cultural heritage in danger".
List of World Heritage in Danger
Attempts by Kosovo to be admitted to UNESCO have so far not borne fruit.
On the other hand, in 2006, the Visoki Dečani and Gračanica monasteries, the Patriarchate of Peć and the Church of Our Lady of Ljeviška were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List under the unified name "Medieval Monuments in Kosovo and Metohija". Pristina tried to rename them to "Kosovo cultural monuments", which was not adopted after the stormy reaction of Belgrade, and these four cultural monuments were entered on the "List of World Heritage in Danger".
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