Historical monuments in Pristina are made up of 21 monuments out of a total of 426 protected monuments all over Kosovo.A large number of these monuments date back to the Byzantine and Ottoman periods.Since 1945, the Yugoslav authorities followed the idea of constructing a modern Pristina by relying in the urban development motto “destroy the old, build the new” and this resulted with major changes in the structure of the buildings, their function and their surroundingenvironment. However, numerous types of monuments have been preserved, including four mosques, a restored orthodox church, an Ottoman bath, a public fountain, a clock tower, several traditional houses as well as European-influenced architecture buildings such as the Museum of Kosovo. These symbolize the historical and cultural
