The village is situated on the northern slopes of Skopska Crna Gora, the "Black Mountain of Skopje", on the border with North Macedonia.
In the Middle Ages the village was known for its mines. The population, mainly from Dalmatia, settled there and a Catholic church dedicated to the Assumption of Mary was built there in 1584. Given the extent of Marian devotion in the village, the church was enlarged several times and in 1864 a new church was built on the foundations of the old one. Eventually, in 1934, this new church was replaced by a cathedral dedicated to the 'Mother of God' on the same site. A school and a monastery were also built there. Today the sanctuary is on the list of protected cultural monuments of the Republic of Serbia and on the list of cultural monuments of Kosovo.
The cathedral houses a Black Madonna, a wooden statue depicting the Virgin and Child Jesus, and a statue of Saint Roch from the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century.
The village is a place of pilgrimage. In the Church of Letnicë/Letnica, Mother Teresa decided to live a consecrated life once and for all, to become a nun.
Source: Wikipedia
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