Monastery Ravanica
ninaniki | 11 Jun, 2016 15:13Ravanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Ćuprija in central Serbia. It was built in 1375-1977 as an endowment of prince Lazar of Serbia, who is buried there. The Ravanica church is called the birthplace of the new artistic movement "Morava school" because of architectural and artistic features. It is original blend of the Mount Athos and the cross-in-square five-domed model that became standard in the time of King Milutin.
Ravanica monastery was the largest, most important foundation by king Lazar Hrebeljanović. It was described in the famous folk poem "Building Ravanica". The poem says that queen Milica talked her husband, king Lazar, into constructing a monastery for the salvation of his soul, after the example of ancient Serbian royal dinasty Nemanjić.
Ravanica was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.
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