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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Label Occurrences
Ravanica Monastery canonical 6
Manastir Ravanica 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian Orthodox monastery
medieval monastery
architecturalStyle Morava school
Serbo-Byzantine architecture
associatedWith Battle of Kosovo 1389
surface form: 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 Ascension Day
surface form: Holy Ascension of Christ
distanceFrom about 11 km from Ćuprija
follows Byzantine monastic tradition
foundedBy Prince Lazar of Serbia
hasAlternativeName Ravanica Monastery
surface form: Manastir Ravanica
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 Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)
surface form: 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
surface form: Morava school architecture

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
surface form: Central Serbia

Ravanica Gorge
locatedNear Ćuprija
locatedOn slopes of Kučaj mountains
partOf Morava architectural group of monasteries
patron Prince Lazar of Serbia
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: 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 Ravanica Monastery
this entity surface form: Manastir Ravanica
Lazar Hrebeljanović burialPlace Ravanica Monastery
Serbian Orthodox monasteries example Ravanica Monastery