The Pustinja Monastery ( sr, Манастир Пустиња, Manastir Pustinja) is a
Serbian Orthodox monastery in village Poćuta near
Valjevo in Central
Serbia.
According to local legends this monastery was built in the 13th century by
king Dragutin. Scientific researches found that the monastery was actually built in 1622 on the remnants of the older monastery which was built in the 11th century. The construction of the monastery has been completed on 25 June 1622.
Architecture
The monastery was built in the
Raška architectural school
Raška architectural school ( sr, Рашка школа архитeктуре), also known as the Raška style (Рашки стил, ''Raški stil''), or simply as the Raška school, is an ecclesiastical architectural style that flourished in the ...
. In terms of architectural and spatial traits, there is resemblance between the
Uvac Monastery, Church of the Annunciation Monastery in
Ovčar Banja
Ovčar Banja ( sr-cyr, Овчар Бања) is a village and a spa located in the city of Čačak, Serbia. Located near the Ovčar-Kablar Gorge in the valley of the West Morava, it is known as the "Serbian Mount Athos" because of the numerous mona ...
, Pustinja Monastery,
Dobrilovina Monastery,
Majstorovina Monastery,
Tronoša Monastery and others.
See also
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List of Serb Orthodox monasteries
This is a list of Serbian Orthodox Christian monasteries in Serbia and near areas (Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Kosovo), also Romania, Hungary, Greece, Germany, United States of America, Canada, and Australi ...
References
External links
{{Serbian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia
Architecture in Serbia
Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia)
1625 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
17th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
Nemanjić dynasty endowments