Town with about 100,000
inhabitants, 508 m above sea level, features newly built hotels, travel
agencies, banks with exchange offices.
The entire trade, during the medieval period, ran along the
Mitrovica lies on the main
The town is situated between the rivers Ibėr and Sitnica,
at the foot of Zveqan, a volcano hill, almost at the meeting point of the spurs
of mounts Kopaonik and Qiqavica. It opens towards the Kosova ravine by way of
the River Sitnica Valley
Mitrovica is first mentioned at the end of the XV-th
century as a settlement at the foot of the Zveqan hill. Near the village of
Zitkov, north of the town, on the River Ibėr terrace, material remains have
been discovered of the Neolithic and Hallstatt (early Neolithic) cultures,
while later Neolithic traces were found within the town region. In the course
of the XVI-th and XVII-th centuries, Mitrovica developed into a trading centre.
With the construction of the first railway line between
After liberation from the Turks in 1912, until 1929,
Mitrovica stagnated in its development. But in 1929, research started and,
later exploitation of lead zink ore deposits within Trepca renowned even in
antique days, after which an era of the industrialization of Mitrovica started.
Particulalry after the liberation, with the enlargement and modernization of
the mines and ore flotation system of Trepca, and with the construction of
other industrial structures: super phosphate factory, factory of batteries,
zink plant etc. It is one of the largest industrial and business centres of
Kosova, a town of miners, with a dominant role played by the industrial giant
of Trepca.
Mitrovica has an attractive Turkish bath built in the last
century, which has been turned into a museum
and features a large collections of pre-historic plastics, extremely
attractive examples of early stone age sculptures, a rich collection of
crystals from the Trepca mines shafts, as well as an ethnographical collection
relating to these parts and a collection of exhibits relating to the People“s
Liberation Struggle.
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Overlooking the town on a volcanic conus, are the remains
of the medieval fort of Zveqan, which is referred to as early as the XI-th
century as a fortress from which routes were protected that ran along the River
Iber Canyon and Kosova. From the top of the hill ( 797 m above sea level )
there is a beautiful view opening towards Kosova and the
On the Mitrovica Peja rout, is Drenica region, Drenica is
famous for its richness in folklore, especially singing accompanied by turning
a flat copper pan (tepsija) and the Albanian national costumes and women
jackets.
In the town itself social, cultural and sports life are
developed. In addition to cinemas they have permanent theatres, libraries, a
museum, the archives, a club of artists, the Writers of Trepca Club, cultural
and art societies, a swimming pools
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Mitrovica is the industrial centre of the Region and in it industry participates in
the national revenue with over 80 percent. The carrier of the industrial
development is the Trepca Mining, Metallurgical, and Chemical Combine with its
over 25 organizations of associated work. The Trepca Mining, Metalurgical and
Chemical Combine of lead and zinc, is the largest work organization in the
region of Kosova. In some factories of Trepaca articles are manufactured which
are important for turism
