Mileševa Monastery

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Eastern Orthodox monastery Serbian Orthodox monastery

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mileševa Monastery canonical	5
Manastir Mileševa	1
Mileševa Monastery painting	1
манастир Милешева (мошти Светог Саве су некада почивале тамо)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ Serbian Orthodox monastery ⓘ
artStyle	Byzantine art ⓘ Serbo-Byzantine architecture ⓘ surface form: Serbo-Byzantine style
associatedWith	Saint Sava ⓘ
builtUsingMaterial	white stone ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Saint Sava ⓘ surface form: Saint Sava (initial burial)
containsRelicsOf	Saint Sava ⓘ
country	Serbia ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Ascension of Jesus ⓘ surface form: Ascension of Christ
denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
foundedBy	King Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInCentury	13th century ⓘ
foundedInYear	1230 ⓘ
frescoDepicts	Ascension of Jesus ⓘ surface form: Ascension of Christ Nemanjić dynasty ⓘ surface form: Nemanjic dynasty rulers Saint Sava ⓘ White Angel (Angel at Christ’s tomb) ⓘ
function	monastic community ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Mileševa Monastery ⓘ surface form: Manastir Mileševa
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Sava → burialPlace → Mileševa Monastery ⓘ

Raška school → notableExample → Mileševa Monastery ⓘ

Serbo-Byzantine architecture → notableExample → Mileševa Monastery ⓘ

Studenica school of painting → influenced → Mileševa Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mileševa Monastery painting

Савиндан → повезан је са → Mileševa Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: манастир Милешева (мошти Светог Саве су некада почивале тамо)

Serbian Orthodox monasteries → example → Mileševa Monastery ⓘ

Mileševa Monastery → hasAlternateName → Mileševa Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manastir Mileševa

Rastko Nemanjić → burialPlace → Mileševa Monastery ⓘ