Žiča
Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance | |
Designated date | 1947 |
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Site | |
Location | Trg Jovana Sarića 1, Kraljevo, Serbia |
Coordinates | 43°41′46.68″N 20°38′44.66″E / 43.6963000°N 20.6457389°E |
Public access | Yes |
Website | www |
The Žiča Monastery (
Žiča was the seat of the Archbishop (1219–1253), and by tradition the coronational church of the Serbian kings, although a king could be crowned in any Serbian church, he was never considered a true king until he was anointed in Žiča. Žiča was declared a
Background
Founding of Serbian Church
The
Rastko joined Russian monks and traveled to
He returned to Serbia in 1207, taking the remains of his father with him, which he relocates to the
Foundation
The monastery was founded by King
Stefan the First-Crowned аlsо ordered that the future Serbian kings аrе tо be crowned at Žičа.[8]
History
In 1219, the Serbian Church gains autocephaly, by Emperor
When Serbia was invaded by Hungary, Saint Sava sent
In 1289-90, the chief treasures of the ruined monastery, including the remains of
In 1219, Žiča became the first seat of the Serbian Archbishopic. The church, dedicated to the Ascension of Our Lord, displays the features of the Raska school. The ground plan is shaped as a spacious nave with a large apse at its eastern end. The central space is domed. The church was built of stone and brick. Architecturally, the Byzantine spirit prevails. There are three layers of painting, each being a separate entity. The earliest frescoes were painted immediately after the first archbishop Sava's return from Nicaea (1219), but only in the choir portions of these have been preserved. Sometime between 1276-92 the
Renovation was carried out during the time of Archbishops Jevstatije II (1292-1309), and Nikodim (1317-37), when the refectory was adorned with frescoes, the church covered with a leaden roof, and a tower erected. The new frescoes were painted during the reign of King Milutin, but they have since suffered serious damage. Fragments have survived to the present day on the east wall of the passage beneath the tower (composition of King Stefan Nemanja II and his firstborn son Radoslav), in the narthex, nave and side-chapels.[13]
During the Uprising in Serbia in 1941, the first skirmishes within the
Frescoes
Frescoes depicting Pantocrator.[17][18]
Gallery
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Monastery building.
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Dormition of the Mother of God, fresco from Žiča.
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Fresco from Žiča.
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Church of St. Theodore Stratelates.
See also
- Studenica
- Sopoćani
- Mileševa
- Visoki Dečani
- Gračanica
- Nemanjić dynasty
- Spatial Cultural-Historical Units of Great Importance
- Tourism in Serbia
- Architecture of Serbia
- There is a region of Epirus), also named Zitsa. It was founded during the Late Middle Ages, probably when the Serbs had gained a short-lived control over the Despotate of Epirus, and historians believe that it was named after the monastery.[19]
References
- ^ Pravopisna komisija, ed. (1960). "Žiča". Pravopis srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika (Fototipsko izdanje 1988 ed.). Novi Sad, Zagreb: Matica srpska, Matica hrvatska. p. 288.
- ^ "Споменици културе у Србији". Spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs. 1947-10-25. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ The Late Medieval Balkans, pp. 19–20.
- ^ The Late Medieval Balkans, p. 52
- ISBN 9780521074599. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ a b c d e Đuro Šurmin (1808). "Povjest književnosti hrvatske i srpske". Books.google.com. p. 229. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ ISBN 9780521074599. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ Kalić, Jovanka (2017). "The First Coronation Churches of Medieval Serbia". Balcanica (XLVIII). Belgrade.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-429-1262-5
- ^ a b [1][dead link]
- ^ ISBN 9781850654766. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Radivoje Ljubinković (1975). "The Church of the Apostles in the Patriarchate of Peć". Books.google.com. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Monasteries and churches". Serbia Visit. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Nikolić, Kosta (2003). Dragan Drašković, Radomir Ristić (ed.). Kraljevo in October 1941. Kraljevo: National Museum Kraljevo, Historical Archive Kraljevo. p. 32.
- ^ Nikolić, Kosta (2003). Dragan Drašković, Radomir Ristić (ed.). Kraljevo in October 1941. Kraljevo: National Museum Kraljevo, Historical Archive Kraljevo. p. 32.
- ^ Nikolić, Kosta (2003). Dragan Drašković, Radomir Ristić (ed.). Kraljevo in October 1941. Kraljevo: National Museum Kraljevo, Historical Archive Kraljevo. p. 33.
- ISBN 9004078096. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ISBN 9780710069320. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ISBN 960-88395-0-5
Bibliography
- Јанковић, Марија (1985). Епископије и митрополије Српске цркве у средњем веку [Bishoprics and Metropolitanates of Serbian Church in Middle Ages]. Београд: Историјски институт САНУ.
- Popović, Svetlana (2002). "The Serbian Episcopal sees in the thirteenth century (Српска епископска седишта у XIII веку)". Старинар (51: 2001): 171–184.
- ISBN 9781850654773.
- Stevović, Ivan. "A hypothesis about the earliest phase of Žiča katholikon." Zograf 38 (2014): 45-58.
- Vojvodić, Dragan. "On the trail of the lost frescoes of Žiča." Zograf 34 (2010): 71-86.
- Vojvodić, Dragan. "On the trail of the lost frescoes of Žiča (II)." Zograf 35 (2011): 145-54.
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