ARKITEKTURA E KRISHTERIMIT TË HERSHËM: RASTI KOSOVËS NË NJË KONTEKST GLOBAL
EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE: KOSOVO CASE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on Early Christian architecture in the territory of Kosovo in a global context. Kosovo lies in the southeastern part of Europe, precisely on the Balkan Peninsula, putting the country at a favorable geographic and geopolitical position. Consequently, the process of Christianization reached this region relatively early. The written sources confirm that the earliest traces of Christianity are the first martyrdoms, Florus and Laurus, in the Roman city of Ulpiana in the 2nd century AD, while the first traces in architecture from Ulpiana date from the 4th century AD. The objective of this paper is to present concrete examples of Christian architecture in Kosovo under the lens of globalization. Through comparative analysis of the design method and construction techniques of these buildings, one can observe how Christian architecture was subject to globalization process of this period. In conclusion, through these examples, we can acquire a greater understanding of the ways the global trends of the Early Medieval period in architecture were adapted to local conditions initially in the form of new shapes and styles, and how the ambitions of Emperor Justinian affected the architecture both in terms of quantity and quality centuries later.

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