Mileševa Monastery

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Mileševa Monastery is a 13th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery in southwestern Serbia, renowned for its medieval frescoes and its historical association with Saint Sava.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox monastery
Serbian Orthodox monastery
artStyle Byzantine art
Serbo-Byzantine style
associatedWith Saint Sava
builtUsingMaterial white stone
burialPlaceOf Saint Sava (initial burial)
linked to: Saint Sava
containsRelicsOf Saint Sava
country Serbia
dedicatedTo Ascension of Christ
linked to: Ascension of Jesus
denomination Eastern Orthodoxy
foundedBy King Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia NERFINISHED
foundedInCentury 13th century
foundedInYear 1230
frescoDepicts Ascension of Christ
linked to: Ascension of Jesus

Nemanjic dynasty rulers
linked to: Nemanjić dynasty

Saint Sava
White Angel (Angel at Christ’s tomb)
function monastic community
pilgrimage site
hasAlternateName Manastir Mileševa
linked to: Mileševa Monastery
hasArchitecturalType cross-in-square church
hasCulturalSignificance important center of medieval Serbian spirituality
important site of Serbian medieval art
hasHeritageStatus Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)
hasMonasticOrder Orthodox monks
heritageStatusSince 1979
historicalEvent Relics of Saint Sava taken from Mileševa to Belgrade in 1594 and burned by Ottoman authorities
Relics of Saint Sava transferred from Trnovo to Mileševa in 1237
influenced development of Serbian medieval painting
knownFor Byzantine-style wall paintings
White Angel fresco
medieval frescoes
locatedIn Prijepolje municipality
Raška region
southwestern Serbia
nearCity Prijepolje
nearRiver Mileševka River
partOf Eparchy of Mileševa
region Sandžak
religiousAffiliation Serbian Orthodox Church
roofMaterial lead (originally)
sufferedDamageFrom Ottoman incursions
fires
touristAttraction yes
underwentRenovation 16th century
20th century
usedAs scriptorium in the Middle Ages

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Saint Sava burialPlace Mileševa Monastery
Raška school notableExample Mileševa Monastery
Serbo-Byzantine architecture notableExample Mileševa Monastery
Studenica school of painting influenced Mileševa Monastery painting
linked to: Mileševa Monastery
Савиндан повезан је са манастир Милешева (мошти Светог Саве су некада почивале тамо)
linked to: Mileševa Monastery
Serbian Orthodox monasteries example Mileševa Monastery
Mileševa Monastery hasAlternateName Manastir Mileševa
linked to: Mileševa Monastery
Rastko Nemanjić burialPlace Mileševa Monastery