Ježevica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to

St. Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-day Demre ...

, located at the foothills of the

Jelica Jelica (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелица) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Čačak Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Mora ...

mountain in Ježevica near

Čačak Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley within the geographical region of Šumadija. , the city proper has 73,331 inhabitants, wh ...

. It is registered as a Cultural Heritage of Serbia (1982). The Ježevica manuscript, claimed to date to the 14th century, makes mention of the founding by a nobleman in the service of King

Stefan Dušan Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан, ), known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr, / ; circa 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Tsar (or Emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs, Gr ...

(r. 1331–55), ''ban'' Milutin and his wife in 1337. According to tradition it was founded by King

Stefan Milutin Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...

. Its interior was painted in 1609 and 1637. The baroque church bell tower was built in the 19th century. Sv_nikola_jezevica

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jezevica Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia 17th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Čačak