KIRAJTANI FAMILY HOUSE - CENTURY. XIX

 The house of the Kirajtani Family is located in the Historic Area of Prizren and was built at the beginning of the century. XIX. It is a civic house with local characteristics, formed on two floors and a basement. Designed as a two-story house, the first floor of which would extend over the entire surface of the ground floor, the building was not completed for economic reasons, leaving half the first floor and finding a solution that covers both sides the rest of the ground floor with two water roofs. In this way, this house results in a more special typology compared to other residential buildings built during the century. XIX. On the ground floor there is the hall in the middle, which also serves as an entrance space. The characteristic elements of the interior, such as windows, ceilings, cupboards, are made of wood, crafted with great skill. The processing of wooden ceilings with geometric decorations is striking. Important cultural elements are the mirrors brought from Turkey by one of the owners, who was a barber by profession. In the courtyard, in the eastern part, there is a kitchen that dates from the period of construction of the house. In 1970, an annex was built on the north-west side where the kitchen and the sanitary unit were placed. In 2011, within the framework of the Emergency Interventions program financed by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, the roof was restored. With the characteristic shape and preserved integrity of the building with a courtyard, this house represents a residential object of high historical and artistic value.