Manastirsko Dolenci
Manastirsko Dolenci is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Drugovo Municipality. It is home to the 14th-century Kičevo Monastery.
Name
Dolenci is also the name of a village in Prekmurje, a village in Gorski Kotar, several other villages near Ohrid and Prespa, a hamlet of Donji Stupnik, a hamlet of Lupoglav, and a hamlet of nearby Završje.History
Manastirsko Dolenci is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 44 households.According to the 1942 Albanian census, Manastirsko Dolenci was inhabited by a total of 228 Bulgarians.
There are nine archaeological sites within Manastrisko Dolenci. One of these is the former settlement called Arbanaški, literally meaning Albanian, from which archaeological remains have been excavated.