Key facts
- Order
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Established
- 17th century, 1923–1926 (reconstruction)
- Dedicated to
- Saint Basil of Ostrog
- Diocese
- Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
- Founder
- Saint Basil of Ostrog
- Location
- Danilovgrad , Montenegro
- Visible remains
- Saint Basil of Ostrog
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Described at
Kláštor Ostrog - Čierna Hora - PlaceMania
Jaskynný kláštor Ostrog vytesaný do kolmého svahu v Čiernej Hore.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monastery
- Religion
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Country
- Montenegro
- Founded by
- Basil of Ostrog
- Official website
- manastirostrog.com
- Image
- Ostrog monastery - panoramio.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ostrog Monastery
- architectural style
- Renaissance architecture
- described at URL
- www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/klastor-ostrog
- native label
- Манастир Острог
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ostrog Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Острог, romanized: Manastir Ostrog, pronounced [ǒstroɡ]) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Danilovgrad, Montenegro. Situated against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, it is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog, who was buried here.
Ostrog Monastery is the single most visited pilgrimage site within the Serbian Orthodox Church, receiving 1 to 1.2 million people annually.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ostrog monastery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.