See also:IPEK (Slay. Petch, See also:Lat. Pescium)
, a See also:town of See also:Albania, See also:European See also:Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:Kossovo and sanjak of Novibazar, 73 M
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E.N.E. of See also:Scutari, near the eastern See also:base of the Mokra Planina, the Montenegrin frontier, and the See also:head-See also:waters of the Ibar and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Drin
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Pop
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(19o5), about 15,000, principally
.
Albanians and Serbs
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A small stream bearing, like several others in the See also:Balkan See also:peninsula, the name of Bistritza (the See also:bright or clear), flows through the town
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On one of the neighbouring heights is situated the monastery of See also:Ipek, founded by See also:Archbishop See also:Arsenius in the r3th See also:century, and famous as the seat until 1690 of the patriarchs of the Servian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church
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The buildings are surrounded by thick walls, and comprise a large central church (Our See also:Lady's), and two See also:side chapels (the Martyrs' and St See also:Demetrius'), each surmounted by a leaden See also:cupola, The church See also:dates from the 16th and 17th centuries
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Among its numerous See also:objects of See also:interest are the white See also:marble tombs of Arsenius and other chiefs of the Servian church, and the white marble See also:throne on which the patriarchs were crowned
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Ipek has been incorrectly identified by some writers with Doclea or Dioclea (Dukle in See also:Montenegro), the birthplace of See also:Diocletian, and the See also:capital of a small principality which was overthrown by the Bulgarians in the 11th century
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See See also:Barth, Reise durch das Innere der europdischen Turkei (See also:Berlin, 1864) ; A
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P
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Irby and G
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M
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M
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See also:Mackenzie, Travels in the See also:Slavonic Provinces of Turkey (1877); M
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E
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See also:Durham, Through the Lands of the Serb (See also:London, 1904)
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