Altun Alem Mosque Novi Pazar Altun-alem Mosque /mosque with golden alem – the precious stone/ is set in the middle part of the Prvomajska street in Novi Pazar, between the former impressive hamam of Gazi Isa beg /Gazi Isa Ishakovicg...

Banja Monastery Saint Nicholas Monastery Priboj Banja Monastery or as it was called earlier in the history, the Saint Nicholas Monastery of Dabar is situated in the close vicinity of Priboj in southwest Serbia, on a highland plateau of the...

Banjska Monastery Banjska Monastery near Kosovska Mitrovica in the very north of Kosovo and Metohija was built between 1313 and 1317 on the site of former Episcopal Church. Banjska Monastery is located at the foot of the Rogozna Mountain /1504...

Bela crkva Karanska White Church of Karan village The White Church of Karan - Bela crkva, in close proximity of Uzice /16 km/ is dedicated to Annunciation of the Holy Virgin and dates from the period of the reign of...

Beočin Monastery Beočin Monastery is located on the southern slopes of Fruška Gora Mountain. There are no exact data on time of foundation and the founder of Beočin Monastery. There are only the folk legend and the epic tradition which...

Bodjani Monastery The Bodjani Monastery with the church dedicated to the Entrance of the Holy Virgin in the Temple is located in Backa district, Vojvodina, in Bac Municipality, between the villages of Vajska and Bodjani. The Bodjani Monastery was establish...

Bukovo Monastery Bukovo Monastery in East Serbia is dedicated to Saint Nicholas - Father Nikolai the Miracle-Worker. Bukovo Monastery is located 4 km west of Negotin, on the main road Zajecar - Negotin, positioned on the gentle slopes of the...

Ćelije Monastery Ćelije Monastery is situated on the glade above the Gradac river near Valjevo. As the endowment of King Dragutin Nemanjić, Ćelije Monastery was built in the 13th century and reconstructed in the 18th century. Celije Monastery church is...

Crna Reka Monastery Crna Reka Monastery is situated in Ibarski Kolasin, in the canyon of the Crna Reka River, on the slopes of the Morka Gora Mountain, in the secluded area of the south-westernmost part of Serbia, nearly on the...

Davidovica Monastery Davidovida Monastery near Prijepolje dates from the 13th century. It was built on remains of the Byzantine basilica from the 6th century as endowment of Nemanjic Family, actually the monk David /the great duke Dimitrije/, the grandson of...

Devič Monastery Devič Monastery is founded in 1434 in a wooded hills of Drenica, 5 km south of Srbica, in the central part of Kosovo and Metohija. Monastery was erected on the place where in the 15th century the hermit...

Divljana Monastery The Monastery of Divljana, dedicated to the Great Martyr of Demetrius is located in the foothill of the southeastern part of Suva Planina Mountain, in the area of Divna Gorica whose woody slopes descend towards the meadows of...

Draganac Monastery Monastery of Saint Archangel Gabriel, known as the Draganac Monastery, is located in Kosovsko Pomoravlje region in East Kosovo, 11 km north from town of Gnjilane, near the Prilepac village - the birth place of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic....

Drenca Monastery The village of Drenča, 5km north of town of Aleksandrovac, is situated in Central Serbia, in the picturesque area of Zupa of Aleksandrovac, and used to be home to the ruined church of "Dušmanica", as it is called...

Dubnica Monastery Dubnica Monastery is located in the village of Bozetici on the slopes of Javor Mountain, only few kilometers from Sjenica Lake. Monastery is also situated in Uvac River Valley close to the griffin vultures' habitat that settle here...

Duboki Potok Monastery Duboki Potok Monastery is Orthodox Monastery of the Serbian Orthodox church located in the northern part of Kosovo and Metochia in Zubin Potok Municipality. The Duboki Potok Monastery is set close to the small hamlet of Pridvorica,...

Gorioc Monastery Gorioc Monastery is dedicated to St Nicholas Miracle-worker who healed the "burned" /blind/ eyes of Saint King Stefan Decanski after whom the name of the monastery refers - "gori" to burning and "oci" to eyes. Monastery is located...

Gornjak Monastery Gornjak Monastery is situated close to Petrovac in an interesting and tranquil Gorge of Mlava River called Zdrelo (literally "Pharynx"). All through the Mlava River Gorge there is evidence of past times: a solid fortress was here once...

Gracanica Monastery The Gracanica Municipality is located in the central part of Kosovo, on the eastern edge of the Kosovo valley, at the foot of the Veletin and Strazevac Mountains. The Gracanica Municipality borders in the north with the Pristina...

Gradac Monastery Gradac Monastery is situated in Stara Raška region, on the wooded and secluded slopes of Golija Mountain on the place called by locals Petrov Krs. Gradac Monastery was built in the late 13th century /around 1275/, on the...

Grgeteg Monastery The Grgeteg Monastery, dedicated to Saint Nicholas was presumably founded in 1471 by despot Vuk Branković, during the so-called "pre Turkish" period of the Serbian history. The first iconostasis of Grgeteg Monastery has been completed by Jakov Orfelin...

Holy Archangels Monastery Prizren Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel Monastery in Prizren - Manastir Svetih arhangela Prizren is the huge and rich Serbian royal medieval complex of holy shrines encompassing an area of approximately 6.500 sq meters, situated in the...

Holy Savior Church Prizren Holy Savior Church in Prizren is dedicated to the Assumption of God and was erected around 1330. Holy Savior Church is located at the south-western part of the former Serbian royal town of Prizren, the most...

Holy Trinity Church Gornji Matejevac On the Metoh hill, just above the village of Gornji Matejevac, sits the shrine of Holy Trinity "Rusolija", the most beautiful old structure of Nis and Ponisavlje region, and the oldest and the most mystical...

Holy Virgin Church Donja Kamenica The Church of The Holy Virgin is situated in the village of Donja Kamenica in East Serbia. The Holy Virgin Church Donja Kamenica lies on the right bank of the so-called Trgovishki Timok River, 15...

Holy Virgin of Hvosno Church The Monastery of Hvostno Virgin was in Middle Ages located at the foot of Mokra Gora Mountain near the village of Vrelo, 20km north-east of town of Peć in West Kosovo and Metohija - actually...

Holy Virgin of Ljeviš Church Prizren Bogorodica Ljeviska Cathedral /the Holy Virgin of Ljevish Church/ is the main official Diocesan church of Prizren Orthodox Serbian Bishops and is considered by Orthodox Serbs as a pride of the Royal Medieval city...

Holy Virgin Shroud Monastery Đunis The sacred place in Đunis village was accidentally discovered on the 24th of July 1898 when Milojka Jocic, the girl from the village of Djunis who tried to get some water from the will encountered...

Hopovo Monastery Hopovo Monastery was founded in the end of the 15th or the early 16th century in the heart of the Fruska Gora Mountain/National Park near the town of Irig and makes the monument of culture of extraordinary importance....

Jazak Monastery The Jazak Monastery is established at the end of the 15th century by Despot Jovan Brankovic on the southern slopes of Fruska Gora Mountain, to be deserted during the reign of Maria Theresa in the second half of...

Jošanica Monastery Jošanica Monastery is situated 10 km west of Jagodina, in Central Serbia. It lies in lush beech and oak forest, in the picturesque gorge of Jošanica River, above which eagles fly, on the plateau between hills of Ravni...

Kalenić Monastery The Kalenić Monastery is an endowment of the wealthy Serbian medieval protovestiar (high Byzantine title) Bogdan, treasurer to the court of Prince Lazar and later despot Stefan Lazarevic from the 15th century. This beautiful Serbian Medieval Monastery is...

Kaona Monastery Kaona Monastery, 100 km south-west of Belgrade, in the vicinity of Draginje village. Tradition has it that the Kaona Monastery was built as legacy of Ikonia, the sister of Milos Obilic, famous Serbian hero who was killed in...

Klisura Monastery Klisura Monastery is located in Dobrača village, beside the road connecting Arilje and Ivanjica, /16 km south of Arilje/, between rocky terrains of mountains and the canyon of Moravica River "klisura" after whom it got its name. Klisura...

Končulj Monastery Konculj Monastery (or Konculic Monastery) which is known among locals as well as "Nikoljaca" is situated at the left bank of the Ibar River, in the vicinity of Raska /3 km/. According to the historical sources, the Konculj...

Koporin Monastery Koporin Monastery is located in Koporin stream Valley at the foothill of Koporin Hill near Velika Plana in Central Serbia. The Complex of Koporin Monastery includes the St. Stephen's Church, the bell-tower with the souvenir shop /where candles...

Kovilj Monastery "This Monastery is founded at the place of reconciliation of Hungarian and Serbian armies by the mediation of Saint Sava, former Prince Rastko Nemanjic, son of the Serbian ruler and founder of the Serbian medieval state Stefan Nemanja...

Kovilje Monastery Kovilje Monastery, just like projected and chosen by God sits atop a cliff overlooking the Nošnica River, and makes a very secluded shrine dedicated to St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel. Kovilje Monastery is located on the gorgeous slopes...

Krušedol Monastery Krušedol Monastery is the Serbian Orthodox Monastery situated in the Fruška Gora Mountain/National Park, Srem District of the Vojvodina Province. The Krušedol Monastery has been built between 1509-1515 by Bishop Maksim Brankovic /earlier Despot Djuradj Brankovic/ and his...

Kumanica Monastery Kumanica Monastery is located at the southwestern-most part of Serbia, between Prijepolje and Bijelo Polje, 13 km away from Brodarevo, so one immediately reaches it after crossing the border between Serbia and Montenegro. The Kumanica Monastery actually lies...

Kuveždin Monastery Kuveždin Monastery, with the church dedicated to Saint Sava belongs to the only three existing churches in the world dedicated to Saint Sava of Serbia. Monastery of Kuvezdin is positioned on the southwestern part of Fruška Gora Mountain,...

Lazarica Church The Church dedicated to Saint Stephen in the center of town of Kruševac is the endowment of Prince Lazar, famous Serbian Holy martyr killed in the Battle of Kosovo Polje in 1389. The Church is known by its...

Lelić Monastery The church of Lelić Monastery was built in 1929 in the center of Lelić village, near Valjevo, to be declared a monastery in 1997. Monastery is the endowment of Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic and his father Dragomir. In the...

Lepenac Monastery Lepenac Monastery is located in the vicinity of Brzece town on the right bank of Rasina River, within the area of Lepenac village of Kopaonik Mt range in central Serbia. The monastery Church of Lepenac dates from the...

Ljubostinja Monastery Legends say that Ljubostinja Monastery was built on the "love-site" where Princess Milica met Prince Lazar /future spouse/ for the first time. This love-occasion had happened on the day of St Archdeacon Stefan to whom the earlier chapel...

Mala Remeta Monastery Mala Remeta Monastery, with the Church dedicated to the Shroud of the Holy Virgin is Serbian Orthodox Medieval Monastery situated near the Vrdnik Banja Spa and the village, few kilometers southeast of the Jazak Monastery, in the...

Manasija Monastery - Resava Monastery Manasija Monastery is the Medieval Serbian Monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church with the Holy Trinity Churhc located 1 km of Despotovac in East Serbia. Set in the valley of the Resava river that runs...

Mažići Monastery The Monastery in the Mažići village is also found in the literature as Saint George in Dabar or Orahovica Monastery. The Monastery of Saint George in Mažici village ranks among the six most significant Serbian shrines since it...