MonasterySS 0036
Banjska Monastery
Zvečan, Kosovo · Serbia
Of exceptional importance
The endowment of King Milutin, built as his burial place. Because of its sumptuous construction in multicoloured stone, contemporaries compared it with Studenica. Milutin’s relics are now kept in Sofia.
Why it is in the database
The monument meets the following criteria:
- IPatronageFounded by Serbian rulers, nobles, the Serbian Church or benefactors.
- IIICreativityThe work of Serbian builders, painters and sculptors or of a school of Serbian art.
- VIdentityPermanently inscribed in Serbian historical memory, tradition and literature.
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