The major Serbian Orthodox monastery belt runs from Pec in the west to the southeast down to Prizren in the central south and beyond. Most of that territory is actually in Metohija proper, rather than Kosovo, although Pristina and Kosovo Polje are in Kosovo (which was named for Kosovo Polje, the field of blackbirds). Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Sunday, May 09, 1999 2:41 AM Subject: Barkely's guide to Kosovo
>On Thu, 6 May 1999, J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. wrote:
>
>> 3) I have already noted that his claims regarding the
>> locations of the "important religious and symbolic sites" is
>> simply dead wrong. This guy lived there? Obviously he only
>> visited Kosmet and never looked closely at a map or is just
>> geographically incompetent. I also find it a bit disturbing,
>> although it may come to pass, that he recommends partitioning
>> Macedonia as well as Kosmet, and handing over a chunk of
>> it to Albania. Ugh.
>
>Barkley, I have complete faith that you are right about this. But you are
>absolutely the only guy that believes this. Would you please write an NYT
>editorial so I can cite it? And until then, do you think I could prevail
>upon you to give us a list of the top ten Serbian national-religious
>sites and the town they are located in? I'm sure there must be a detailed
>map of Kosovo somewhere on the web by now, and with a list I could look
>them up and point them out myself.
>
>Thanks a ton,
>
>Michael
>
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>Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com
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