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On its eight centuries old walls, the seat of diocese of Serbian Orthodox Church, Milieševa Monastery safeguards some of the most valuable and most beautiful frescoes that were ever painted in Serbia. Even though the frescoes were painted in the Byzantine style, in which innovations were not allowed, the artists who painted them managed to […]
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Studenica is located 57 km from the town of Kraljevo, in the Biosphere Reserve “Golija-Studenica” that contribute to its sanctity and beauty. Despite being destroyed on several occasions, the Studenica monastery on the slopes of Mt. Radočelo has been treasuring some of the most beautiful medieval Serbian frescoes for over eight centuries Today the monastery […]
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Sopoćani Monastery is located near the source of the Raška River, 17 km from Novi Pazar. This monastery is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and it was built by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (1243-1276). It is estimated that the monastery was built around 1260 and since 1979 it has become the part of UNESCO’s World […]
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Krušedol Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. The monastery is the legacy of the last Serbian despot family of Srem – Branković. It was built between 1509 and 1514. The whole family including Đurađ Branković and Stefan Lazarević, as well as […]
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Djurdjevi Stupovi Monastery, built on a hill above the city of Novi Pazar, within the complex of Stari Ras (eng. The Old Ras), is among the jewles of Serbian medieval state placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. It is one of the oldest Serbian monasteries, endowment of Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja, which was built by the end of the 12th […]