Radovašnica Monastery
| Radovašnica Monastery | |
|---|---|
Манастир Радовашница | |
| Years built | 13th century |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Šabac |
Radovašnica Monastery (
Its founder was the nun Evgenija Abt.Geography
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History
The temple of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, mentioned in the oldest records of the river Radovašnica. The monastery occupied a prominent place before Turkish times. It was built in the Raška style from crushed stone and covered with shingles.
The earliest known written mention of the monastery was in the Turkish census of 1548, while local sources indirectly mention it in 1541.[1][4] The monastery was built before the arrival of the Turks and was endowed by King Dragutin Nemanjić, who ruled from 1282 to 1316.[5]
Over the course of its history, the monastery was burned down several times by the Turks and again in
In Turkish censuses from 1600 and 1624, another name was given for the monastery, Koanik.[5] This may be related to the old town of Kosana, whose ruins are located at the top of Cer.
In old records, the monastery was also called Temple of the Holy Archangel Michael, or Michael and Gabriel, on the Radovanščica river or Radovantica.
Architecture
The monastery is built with crushed stone and covered with shingles in the style of the Serbo-Byzantine Raška architectural school, in the shape of two crossed rectangles with a narthex and rounded altar apses.
The dome is round on the outside and is supported on the inside by anchor pilasters.[4] The pillars end in arches that support a square pedestal on which the cubes are made.[4] This pedestal emphasized on the outside.
Archaeological excavations carried out in 1991 found that nothing remained of the "old church" except for walls 0.5 m to 1.5 m high. The building was constructed of brick and stone in a clover-leaf shape; the nave was prolonged by a semicircular apse surmounted by a dome. Only fragments remained of the decorative elements. However, this research demonstrated that the building dated from the first half of the 14th century[5] and that, architecturally, it was consistent with the Morava architectural school.[3] The restoration of the "old church" was begun in April 2011, under the Valjevo Heritage Protection Institute.
References
- ^ a b c "Манастир Радовашница". Archived from the original on October 6, 2010.
- ^ "Nepokretna kulturna dobra" (xls) (in Serbian). Institute for the protection of the heritage of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Manastir Radovašnica" (in Serbian). Institute for the protection of the heritage of Valjevo. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Manastir Radovašnica" (in Serbian). Navigation site for research on the cultural heritage of Serbia. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Manastir Radovašnica" (in Serbian). Office of tourism in Šabac. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
External links
- About the monastery on the Manastiri-Crkve website
- Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments - Belgrade
- List of monuments
- Radovasnica Monastery
- Radovasnica Monastery
- About the monastery Radovašnica on the site Putevima pravoslavlja