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Studenica monastery
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Key facts
- Location
- Studenica , Kraljevo , Serbia
- Country
- Serbia
- Denomination
- Serbian Orthodox
- Founder
- Stefan Nemanja
- Dedication
- Holy Virgin
- Functional status
- Public access
- Style
- Raška school , Byzantine
- Archdiocese
- Eparchy of Žiča
- Official name
- Studenica Monastery
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- i, ii, iv, vi
- Designated
- 1986 (10th session )
- Region
- Europe
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monastery
- Country
- Serbia
- Located in
- Raška District
- Area
- 1.16
- Official website
- manastirstudenica.rs
- Image
- Manastir Studenica, Bogorodičina crkva.jpg
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- Commons category
- Studenica Monastery
- heritage designation
- Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance
- Commons gallery
- Studenica
- inception
- 1101-01-17
- diocese
- Eparchy of Žiča
- native label
- Манастир Студеница
- architectural style
- Rascian architecture
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Studenica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Студеница / Manastir Studenica, pronounced [mânastiːr studɛ̌nit͡sa]) is a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery situated 39 kilometres (24 mi) southwest of Kraljevo and 40.9 kilometres (25.4 mi) east of Ivanjica, in central Serbia.
Studenica was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and is protected by the state. In 1986 UNESCO included Studenica monastery on the list of World Heritage Sites, with the description:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Studenica monastery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.