Ravanica Monastery

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Ravanica Monastery is a 14th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery renowned as a major medieval spiritual and cultural center and the burial place of Prince Lazar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian Orthodox monastery ⓘ
medieval monastery ⓘ
architecturalStyle Morava school ⓘ
Serbo-Byzantine architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Battle of Kosovo ⓘ
cult of Prince Lazar ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Prince Lazar of Serbia ⓘ
country Serbia ⓘ
culturalSignificance major medieval cultural center of Serbia ⓘ
major medieval spiritual center of Serbia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Holy Ascension of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Ascension Day
distanceFrom about 11 km from Ćuprija ⓘ
follows Byzantine monastic tradition ⓘ
foundedBy Prince Lazar of Serbia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Manastir Ravanica ⓘ
linked to: Ravanica Monastery
hasFrescoesFrom late 14th century ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus protected cultural property of Serbia ⓘ
hasPart Church of the Ascension of Christ ⓘ
defensive towers ⓘ
fortified walls ⓘ
monastic cells ⓘ
monastic refectory ⓘ
heritageDesignation Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance (Serbia) ⓘ
Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance ⓘ
heritageStatusGranted 1979 ⓘ
inception 14th century ⓘ
circa 1370s ⓘ
influenced later Morava school monasteries ⓘ
knownFor Morava school architecture ⓘ
linked to: Morava school

being the burial place of Prince Lazar ⓘ
medieval frescoes ⓘ
role in Serbian medieval cultural life ⓘ
role in Serbian medieval spiritual life ⓘ
languageOfName Serbian ⓘ
locatedIn Central Serbia ⓘ
linked to: central Serbia

Ravanica Gorge ⓘ
locatedNear Ćuprija ⓘ
locatedOn slopes of Kučaj mountains ⓘ
partOf Morava architectural group of monasteries ⓘ
patron Prince Lazar of Serbia ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
significantEvent Ottoman attacks in the late 14th and 15th centuries ⓘ
conservation works in the 20th century ⓘ
damage and plundering during Ottoman period ⓘ
restorations in the 17th century ⓘ
restorations in the 18th century ⓘ
writingSystemOfName Cyrillic script ⓘ

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Saint Prince Lazar → founded → Ravanica Monastery ⓘ
Saint Prince Lazar → burialPlace → Ravanica Monastery ⓘ
Serbo-Byzantine architecture → notableExample → Ravanica Monastery ⓘ
Moravian Serbia → hasMonastery → Ravanica Monastery ⓘ
Ravanica Monastery → hasAlternativeName → Manastir Ravanica ⓘ
linked to: Ravanica Monastery
Lazar Hrebeljanović → burialPlace → Ravanica Monastery ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox monasteries → example → Ravanica Monastery ⓘ
Lazarević dynasty → patronage → Ravanica Monastery ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Belgrade and Karlovci → hasMonastery → Nova Ravanica Monastery ⓘ
linked to: Ravanica Monastery
Morava school → hasNotableExample → Ravanica Monastery ⓘ