Studenica Monastery

World Heritage

Serbia

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Studenica Monastery was founded in the late 12th century by Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the medieval Serbian state, shortly after his abdication. It is the largest and richest Orthodox monastery in Serbia. The two main buildings of the monastery, the Church of Our Lady and the Church of the King, are both made of white marble and house a valuable collection of Byzantine paintings from the 13th and 14th centuries.