Sopoćani Monastery

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Serbian Orthodox monastery World Heritage Site medieval monastery

Sopoćani Monastery is a 13th-century Serbian Orthodox monastic complex near Novi Pazar, Serbia, renowned for its exceptional medieval frescoes and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Label Occurrences
Sopoćani Monastery canonical 14
Sopoćani Monastery church 1
Sopoćani Monastery fresco cycle 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian Orthodox monastery ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
medieval monastery ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Raška school ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance one of the finest achievements of Byzantine painting of the 13th century ⓘ
associatedDynasty Nemanjić dynasty ⓘ
belongsToEparchy Eparchy of Raška and Prizren ⓘ
church Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
constructionMaterial stone ⓘ
country Serbia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Holy Trinity ⓘ
denomination Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Serbian Orthodox
foundedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox c. 1260 ⓘ
founder King Stefan Uroš I of Serbia ⓘ
function monastic community ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
hasBellTower yes ⓘ
hasCloister yes ⓘ
hasFresco Dormition of the Mother of God fresco ⓘ
Nemanjić dynasty donor portraits ⓘ
hasMainChurchType katholikon ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus cultural monument of exceptional importance of Serbia ⓘ
locatedIn near Novi Pazar ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Ras ⓘ
locatedInRegion Raška region ⓘ
locatedOnRiver near the Raška River ⓘ
monasticOrder Orthodox monasticism ⓘ
nearbyCity Novi Pazar ⓘ
notableFor Byzantine-style wall paintings ⓘ
exceptional medieval frescoes ⓘ
partOf Stari Ras and Sopoćani ⓘ
periodOfConstruction Nemanjić dynasty ⓘ
surface form: reign of Stefan Uroš I
protectionStatus state-protected monument ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
roofMaterialOriginal stone slabs ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCountry Serbia ⓘ
UNESCOSiteExtensionYear 2006 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName Stari Ras and Sopoćani ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 96bis ⓘ

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

Serbian Orthodox Church → hasImportantMonastery → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Raška region → hasHeritageSite → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Raška region → hasMonastery → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Ras → hasMonastery → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Stari Ras and Sopoćani → contains → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Stari Ras and Sopoćani → hasComponent → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sopoćani Monastery church
Stari Ras and Sopoćani → hasFrescoes → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sopoćani Monastery fresco cycle
Dormition of the Mother of God fresco → partOf → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Eparchy of Raška and Prizren → hasMonastery → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Raška school → notableExample → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Novi Pazar → nearby → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
King Stefan Uroš I of Serbia → placeOfBurial → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
subject surface form: Stefan Uroš I of Serbia
King Stefan Uroš I of Serbia → patronage → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
subject surface form: Stefan Uroš I of Serbia
Serbo-Byzantine architecture → notableExample → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Studenica school of painting → influenced → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sopoćani Monastery painting
Raška → contains → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox monasteries → example → Sopoćani Monastery ⓘ