 DID YOU KNOW THAT |
Of Kosovo´s 2.2 million population, half its inhabitants are under the age of 25 and nearly a third under 16.
Kosovo has 17 billion tons of coal reserves and its Lignite deposits are, according to experts, sufficient for the next 13 centuries.
The mining complex at Stari Trg has the third largest deposits of Zinc in the world
The chief builder of the Taj Mahal in India was
an Albanian, Mehmet Isa! And that another Albanian,
Sadefqar Mehmeti, is the architect credited with
the design of the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul!
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Karl Von Ghega, the builder of the famous Semmering railway in Austria that became the model for all of Europe was an Albanian.
The world's last living saint was an Albanian - Mother Theresa. Her real name is Agnes Bojaxhiu.
Kosovo possesses the only Marble cave in Europe, it is called Shpella e Gadimes.
Kosovo has a breed of dog that can only be found in the Sharr region, it is characteristic of the shepherd breed and unique to Kosovo. In the past times it was known as the Illyrian dog, today it is know as Qeni i Sharrit
The Albanian language, as one of the original 9 Indo-European languages, it is one of Europe's oldest languages and is not derived from any other language. |
