Fshajt Bridge

Fshajt Bridge / Sacred Bridge
Fshajt bridge over the White Drin river
Coordinates42°21′09.7″N 20°32′27.9″E / 42.352694°N 20.541083°E / 42.352694; 20.541083
CarriesCars
CrossesWhite Drin
LocaleGjakova, Kosovo
Characteristics
DesignArch
Total length70 m (230 ft)
Width7 m (23 ft)
Height22 m (72 ft)
History
Opened18th century
Location
Map

Fshajt Bridge or Sacred Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Fshejtë or Ura e Shenjtë; Serbian: Švanjski most / Швањски мост) is an 18th-century stone bridge with one arch over the White Drin Canyon in the western Kosovo. It is located in the village of Fshaj, on the way from Gjakova to Prizren. The bridge is 22 m (72 ft) high, 7 m (23 ft) wide and about 70 m (230 ft) long. Along with the White Drin Canyon, the Fshajt's Bridge is legally protected since 1986.[1]

  1. ^ "Protected and Proposed Hydro Monument in Kosovo 2002-2008" (PDF). Ammk-rks.net. Retrieved 2016-03-28.