page_title: Historical monuments in Pristina
section_title: "Hivzi Sylejmani" library
hierarchical_section_title: Historical monuments in Pristina / List of monuments / Cultural houses / "Hivzi Sylejmani" library
caption_attribution_description: English: Hynyler House
context_page_description: Historical monuments in Pristina are made up of 21 monuments out of a total of 426 protected monuments all over Kosovo.
  A large number of these monuments date back to the Byzantine and Ottoman periods.
  Since 1945, the Yugoslav authorities followed the idea of constructing a modern Pristina by relying in the urban development motto “destroy the old, build the new” and this resulted with major changes in the structure of the buildings, their function and their surrounding
  environment. However, numerous types of monuments have been preserved, including four mosques, a restored orthodox church, an Ottoman bath, a public fountain, a clock tower, several traditional houses as well as European-influenced architecture buildings such as the Museum of Kosovo. These symbolize the historical and cultural character of Pristina as it was developed throughout centuries in the spirit of conquering empires.
context_section_description: The exact year of the establishment of the "Hivzi Sylejmani" library is not confirmed; it is believed to have begun its work in February 1945. At the time of the inauguration, approximately 1,300 books were available in the Serbian and Albanian language.
  The library has been in its present location only since 1947, whereas the building itself was built in 1930. The building is also notable because of the fact that Miladin Popović, the former leader of Kosovo's Regional Committee who was murdered in 1945, was accommodated in this house.
  "Hivzi Sylejmani" library was officially and legally established in April 1963 by the Municipal Assembly of Pristina.
  Its name changed several times: at some point, it was referred to as the “People's Library”; then, as the "Public Library Miladin Popović"; later as the "City Library" and so on.
  During the 1990s, this library faced many difficulties, especially political ones during the time when Dragolub Petrović acted as the head of the Library.
  Before 1992, there were approximately 130,611 available books, whilst in 1999 the number decreased to 62,274, of which 38,153 were in Serbian, 19,726 in Albanian, 3,274 in Turkish and 1,121 in other foreign languages. After the end of the Kosovo War, the Library started to recover which also resulted with the opening of its chain all over Kosovo.
caption: Hynyler House
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