Durdevi stupovi monastery description and photos - Serbia (Topic)

Durdevi stupovi monastery description and photos - Serbia. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Durdevi stupovi.

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Djurdjevi-Stupovi is one of the oldest monasteries located near the ancient capital of Serbia, Stari Ras, and near the modern city of Novi Pazar. The name of the monastery is translated as "George Towers", respectively, the monastery was named in honor of St. George.

Its founder was Stefan Nemanja, Grand Duke of Raska (the old name of Serbia), the first ruler of the Nemanich dynasty, which ruled in XII -XIV centuries. This Orthodox monastery was founded by Nemanja before 1171 - probably even before he came to power. A few years later, a church with two towers was built on the territory of the monastery, because of which the monastery began to be called the “George Towers.”

The monastery was influential and prospered until then, until Serbia was conquered by the Turks in the middle and second half of the 15th century. In the late 80s of the 17th century, during the war between the Turks and Austria, the monastery was abandoned by the monks and began to gradually deteriorate.

In the second half of the 20th century, the authorities paid attention to the Djurdjevi-Stupovi monastery as a historical landmark and an example architecture of the Rash period, engaged in its preservation and restoration. In 1979, the monastery was endowed with the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and by the beginning of this century, its separate buildings - cells and a refectory - were partially restored.

Today, a museum is open in the monastery, part of the decoration of the monastery, for example, frescoes, were transferred to the National Museum, located in the capital of Serbia.

that in neighboring Montenegro there is also a monastery Djurdjevi-Stupovi. It was founded by Stefan Nemani's nephew Stefan Pervoslav at the beginning of the 13th century.

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