Raška school

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Raška school is a medieval Serbian architectural style that blends Byzantine and Romanesque elements, characteristic of early Serbian Orthodox monasteries and churches.

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Raška school canonical 2
Raška architectural school 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian architectural style
architectural style
medieval architectural style
architecturalInfluence Byzantine architecture
Romanesque architecture
associatedDynasty Nemanjić dynasty
associatedWith Serbian Orthodox Church
characteristicFeature Byzantine spatial organization
Romanesque exterior decoration
compact ground plan
domed churches
single-nave churches
stone construction
use of fresco painting in interiors
country Serbia
culturalSphere Byzantine culture
surface form: Byzantine cultural sphere

Western Romanesque cultural sphere
developedInCentury 12th century
13th century
developedInPeriod Middle Ages
façadeStyle Romanesque articulation
followedBy Morava school
function episcopal church architecture
monastic architecture
geographicSpread Rascia
Raška region
central and southwestern Serbia
heritageStatus several examples are UNESCO World Heritage Sites
historicalContext formation of the medieval Serbian state
interiorStyle Byzantine fresco program
notableExample Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Stari Ras)
Gradac Monastery
Mileševa Monastery
Sopoćani Monastery
Studenica Monastery
Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery
Žiča Monastery
patronage Nemanjić dynasty
surface form: Nemanjić royal family

Serbian medieval rulers
precededBy early Byzantine church architecture in the Balkans
region Raška
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)
surface form: medieval Serbia
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
roofType pitched roof with dome
typicalMaterial hewn stone
white marble
usedIn Serbian Orthodox churches
Serbian Orthodox monasteries

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Žiča Monastery architecturalStyle Raška school
Serbo-Byzantine architecture hasInfluenceFrom Raška school
this entity surface form: Raška architectural school