ChurchSS 0051
St George’s Church, Staro Nagoričane
Staro Nagoričane, Kumanovo · North Macedonia
A church that King Milutin built in 1313 on the foundations of an older building, in thanksgiving for a victory over the Turks. Its wall paintings, the work of the painters Michael and Eutychios, are among the most important achievements of the Palaiologan Renaissance.
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.
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In the Serbian Historical Corpus
This shrine also has entries on other platforms of the corpus (in Serbian).
