CLOCK TOWER - ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

The Hamam of Shemsedin Ahmet Bey and the Clock Tower are located in the western part of the old city. The hammam was built in the 15th century, namely in 1498. It is not known until which year it was used as a hammam, but it is known that the hammam has not performed its function since the middle of the century. XIX when the Clock Tower was built on the warm space of the Hammam. Sahat Kulla was originally built with wood, and in the 19th century, in its current state, built with stones and bricks, Eshref Pasha Rrotulli built it. In 1912 the clock and bell were taken from the Clock Tower, and to this day they are still missing. Until 1970, the Hamam of Shemsedin Ahmet Beu and the Clock Tower were used by the nearby residents as warehouses, barns, and waste places, damaging the building to a great extent. After 1970, the works for the protection of this historical value began, in 1972 the plots were expropriated, while in 1975 the facility was opened with a new destination, i.e. the transformation of the hammam into the Archaeological Museum of the Prizren Region. The museum deals with archaeological material from archaeological sites of the Prizren Region, namely from the municipalities of Prizren, Dragash, Rahovec, Malisheva and Suhareka. The exhibited material presents a wide time period of artefacts, from Neolithic, Eneolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Ancient Roman Period, Middle Ages and Ottoman Period. In 2008, works were carried out on the internal restoration of the object by MKRS, while in 2014/15, with the financing of the American Embassy in Kosovo, the external restoration of the Museum, the roof, as well as the accompanying premises (courtyard, offices, sanitary joints, etc.).