Ravanica
Sign in to saveRavanica Monastery () is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Senje, a village in Ćuprija municipality, in central Serbia. It was built in 1375–1377 as an endowment of prince Lazar of Serbia, who is buried there. The church is called the birthplace of the new artistic movement "Morava school", due to its architectural and artistic features. It is a blend of the Mount Athos and cross-in-square five-domed model that became standard in the time of King Milutin.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ravanica is referenced by 401 other articles, and connects out to Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance, Kosovo and Lazar Hrebeljanović.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1377 establishments in Europe, 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings and Burial sites of the Lazarević dynasty.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Monastery.name
- Ravanica Monastery
- Monastery.image
- Monastery_Ravanica.JPG
- Monastery.caption
- Ravanica church
- Monastery.full
- Манастир Раваница
- Monastery.order
- Serbian Orthodox
- Monastery.established
- 1375–1377
- Monastery.founder
- Lazar of Serbia
- Monastery.dedication
- Ascension of Jesus
- Monastery.location
- Senje, Ćuprija, Serbia
- Monastery.remains
- Lazar of Serbia
- Monastery.public_access
- Yes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- eastern orthodox monastery
- Religion
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Country
- Serbia
- Located in
- Senje
- Founded by
- Lazar Hrebeljanović
- Dedicated to
- Ascension of Jesus
- Image
- Monastery Ravanica.JPG
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- Commons category
- Ravanica Monastery
- heritage designation
- Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance
- postal code
- 35230
- inception
- 1374-00-00
- diocese
- Eparchy of Braničevo
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Art
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Ravanica Monastery () is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Senje, a village in Ćuprija municipality, in central Serbia. It was built in 1375–1377 as an endowment of prince Lazar of Serbia, who is buried there. The church is called the birthplace of the new artistic movement "Morava school", due to its architectural and artistic features. It is a blend of the Mount Athos and cross-in-square five-domed model that became standard in the time of King Milutin.
Ravanica was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is protected by the national government.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ravanica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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