politics
April 1, 2026
Attempt to Steal Serbian History Through Fabricating Facts
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia has strongly condemned the latest provocations by the Archaeological Museum in Peć, calling them a drastic example of an attempt to falsify history and unlawfully appropriate Serbian cultural heritage.
TL;DR
- Serbia's Ministry of Culture condemns the Archaeological Museum in Peć for falsifying history and appropriating Serbian cultural heritage.
- The museum misrepresented the Patriarchate of Peć, describing it as transformed from pre-Romanesque and Byzantine churches into "Raška-Serbian Orthodox churches."
- The ministry views this as dangerous historical revisionism and an attempt to steal Serbian heritage due to a lack of Albanian cultural identity.
- These manipulations were presented to students during educational tours, which the ministry finds particularly concerning.
- The Patriarchate of Peć is a UNESCO World Heritage site, built by Serbian archbishops over a century, and is the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
- The museum's claims about restoration work degrading older layers are disputed.
- The article notes that Albanian extremism has repeatedly attacked Serbian Orthodox Church properties in Kosovo and Metohija.
- Serbia's Ministry of Culture pledges to oppose such actions to protect Serbian cultural heritage and historical truth.
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