Leçina
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Leçinë () is a settlement in the Skenderaj municipality in Kosovo. The rural settlement lies on a cadastral area with the same name, of 784 hectares. It lies 702 m over sea level. The village is solely inhabited by Albanians. ==Geography== It lies in the hilly region of Drenica.
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- Locality
- Leqinë
- Region
- Mitrovica
- Country
- Kosova / Kosovo
- Population
- 0
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- Elevation
- 702
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Leçinë () is a settlement in the Skenderaj municipality in Kosovo. The rural settlement lies on a cadastral area with the same name, of 784 hectares. It lies 702 m over sea level. The village is solely inhabited by Albanians. ==Geography== It lies in the hilly region of Drenica.
==History== The Church of St. John, which lies on the cemetery, was built in the village in the 14th century, and reconstructed in the 16th century. Until latter the half of the 19th century it was known as the Church of St. Nicholas. It was expertly conserved and reconstructed in 1967 and is protected by the Republic of Serbia. There exist remains of another 14th-century church, the so-called "Kaluđerska-" or "Preobraška crkva" and one more church, a total of three.
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