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Mileševa Monastery

Манастир Милешева

monastery near Prijepolje

  • TypeMonasteries
  • WherePrijepolje, Serbia
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The Mileševa Monastery (Serbian Cyrillic: Манастир Милешева, romanized: Manastir Mileševa, pronounced [mîlɛʃɛʋa] or [milɛ̌ʃɛʋa]) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Prijepolje, in southwest Serbia. It was founded by King Stefan Vladislav I, in the years between 1234 and 1236. The church has frescoes by the most skillful artists of that time, including one of the most famous in Serbian culture, the "White Angel", which depicts an angel at Christ's tomb.

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